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ARKive is a unique global initiative, gathering together the very best films and photographs of the world's species into one centralised digital library, to create a stunning audio-visual record of life on Earth. ARKive's current priority is to complete audio-visual profiles for those species at most risk of extinction according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The project has the support of the most famous names in wildlife filmmaking and photography, with more than 5,000 media donors from around the world contributing. Preserved and maintained for future generations, ARKive is freely accessible to all, from scientists and conservationists to the general public and school children, via its award-winning website - www.arkive.org.

We continue to work with the very best natural history filmmakers and photographers in the business, alongside key environmental organisations, leading academic institutions and individual scientists. We also work in partnership with organisations across the globe to raise the profile of ARKive's work.  Recent highlights include being invited to create a default ARKive layer on Google Earth, as part of the Google Earth Outreach programme, and becoming a member of the Institutional Council and a key content provider to the Encyclopedia of Life. Both of these exciting new partnerships will help to disseminate ARKive’s message to a wider and additional audience. 

The ARKive team continues to prioritise audio-visually profiling the world's threatened species, and with new support from the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, will be able to dramatically increase the number of species profiled to date.

ARKive principal sponsor