The international Secretariat is based in Paris, France (hosted by the French National Museum of Natural History - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN)), while the different core projects are based all around the world.
国际秘书处设在法国巴黎(由法国国家自然历史博物馆主持（MNHN , Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle ))，而各项核心项目则遍布世界各地。