ARKive
ARKive
is the Noah's Ark for the Internet era - a unique global initiative, gathering
together films, photographs and audio recordings of the world's species into one
centralised digital library for the benefit of today's and future generations.
ARKive home page
Films and photographs are a powerful force in building environmental awareness; they can bring a scientific name to life, show what a species looks like and reveal why it is special. These records a valuable educational resource and important conservation tool, not least because the continued destruction of habitats, and rising extinction rates, mean that for many species images and sounds may soon be all that remain of their existence.
ARKive is leading the 'virtual' conservation effort - finding, sorting, cataloguing and copying the very best audio-visual records of the world's animals, plants and fungi; building them into comprehensive and enduring multi-media profiles made freely accessible to all online.
The value of creating a permanent, central safe- haven was quickly recognised by major broadcasters, including ABC Australia, the BBC's Natural History Unit, Discovery, Granada Wild, and National Geographic, by the leading film and photo libraries, and by many academic institutes worldwide. They, and many others, have shown unprecedented generosity in providing materials for the ARKive collection.
The project also enjoys high-level support from international conservation organisations, such as BirdLife International, Conservation International, English Nature, Fauna & Flora International,The World Conservation Union (IUCN), The Natural History Museum (London), RSPB, Smithsonian Institution, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), World Conservation Society and WWF.
With their backing, ARKive is building an unrivalled and multiple award-winning digital vault of species' images and recordings. To see ARKive, visit: www.arkive.org
ARKive home page
Films and photographs are a powerful force in building environmental awareness; they can bring a scientific name to life, show what a species looks like and reveal why it is special. These records a valuable educational resource and important conservation tool, not least because the continued destruction of habitats, and rising extinction rates, mean that for many species images and sounds may soon be all that remain of their existence.
ARKive is leading the 'virtual' conservation effort - finding, sorting, cataloguing and copying the very best audio-visual records of the world's animals, plants and fungi; building them into comprehensive and enduring multi-media profiles made freely accessible to all online.
The value of creating a permanent, central safe- haven was quickly recognised by major broadcasters, including ABC Australia, the BBC's Natural History Unit, Discovery, Granada Wild, and National Geographic, by the leading film and photo libraries, and by many academic institutes worldwide. They, and many others, have shown unprecedented generosity in providing materials for the ARKive collection.
The project also enjoys high-level support from international conservation organisations, such as BirdLife International, Conservation International, English Nature, Fauna & Flora International,The World Conservation Union (IUCN), The Natural History Museum (London), RSPB, Smithsonian Institution, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), World Conservation Society and WWF.
With their backing, ARKive is building an unrivalled and multiple award-winning digital vault of species' images and recordings. To see ARKive, visit: www.arkive.org
The Zanzibar red colobus, classified as endangered
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