Mitch Leslie has written an article on EoL (doi:10.1126/science.316.5826.818). It starts:Déjà vu because the defunct All-Species Foundation -- also covered in Science (doi:10.1126/science.294.5543.769) -- had much the same ambitions six years ago. It is easy to be sceptical, but I think it was Rudi Giuliani who said "under promise, over deliver." Wise words.