The International Code of Area Nomenclature was ratified by Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeographical Association (SEBA) in Paris and aims to provide a universal naming system for areas of endemism used in contemporary biogeography.
The International Code of Area Nomenclature (ICAN) was proposed by a group of few biogeographers to provide a universal naming system or nomenclature for areas of endemism used in contemporary biogeography. The ICAN was ratified by the Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeographical Association (SEBA) in Paris in the only meeting of the group, during July 2007. 
