The Encyclopedia of Life is an international initiative. The following institutions have signed memoranda of understanding to become part of the global EOL community:

Atlas of Living Australia (Australia)

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

CONABIO (Mexico)

Field Museum of Natural History

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Harvard University

INBio (Costa Rica)

India Biodiversity Portal (India)

Library of Alexandria (Egypt)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Missouri Botanical Garden

Naturalis, the National Museum of Natural History (the Netherlands)

Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (Norway)

South African National Biodiversity Institute (South Africa)

Smithsonian Institution

TaiEOL (Taiwan)

EOL also has agreements with leading content partners around the world.