<span id="page4R_mcid3" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Recently, there has been a revolution in the availability of </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">information and in the development and application of </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">tools for managing information. Information needs for</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">biodiversity are many and varied. Any database that deals </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">with biodiversity information has to be geographically </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">based, and able to predict where new populations of </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">endangered species with a limited known range might be </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">expected, indicating potential hot spots.</span></span>