To sequence a genome for the first time is still not a simple endeavour. Maybe that is why, out of more than 1.5 million species described, we have less than 1000 genomes sequenced in the genbank database.

Legado das Águas Natural Atlantic Forest Reserve in the State of São Paulo, Brazil A recent article by the Biodiversity access lawyer Francine Franco made me realize that Brazil carries the marks of the

Me sampling orchid DNA at the canopy of a centenary Ficus tree at the Legado das Águas reserve in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Photo by Luciano Candisani At the next the Biodiversity COP in 2018 in Egypt,