An initiative of the The Wildscreen Trust, ARKive will be the world's electronic
archive of photographs, moving pictures and sound of endangered species
and habitats. As such it will relate closely to the Red Data Books and the
work of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC).
Our aims
ARKive aims to increase understanding of biodiversity,
particularly raising awareness of endangered and vulnerable species and
habitats, which it hopes to do by preserving representative footage from
completed productions, stock footage, and private collections - selected
to criteria established by an Advisory Panel. Ultimately, it will progress
to hold information about all recorded species and habitats.
The collection
The collection will consist of historic and current materials
and be digitally mastered. In cases where rare film originals need to be
preserved, arrangements will be made with other organisations which have
special archiving conditions.
Location
The ARKive headquarters will be at Wildscreen World in
Bristol, United Kingdom. Its resources will complement data held by other
museums, libraries and institutions, available through electronic outreach.
Data held and managed by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre is especially
relevant, and the development of ARKive is being planned in close co-operation
with WCMC.
Wildscreen World
The Bristol 2000 bid for Millennium Fund cash
(provided by the UK Lottery) has two major components: a second generation
hands-on physical science centre, Science World, and a natural science centre:
Wildscreen World. Planned to open in the year 2000. Wildscreen World will
be a unique wildlife and environment visitor attraction housillg an Electronic
Zoo, a large format cinema, Museum of Wildlife Photography, Nature Shop
and ARKive. The British section should be complete in time for the opening
of Wildscreen World.
Can you help us?
If you own moving or still images of endangered,
threatened or even extinct species ARKive can help to broaden world access
to your collection and provide a central resource for you which could help
increase your earnings. Why not e-mail us or leave a message in the TalkBack
Box?
Access to ARKive
Text, graphics, stills, sound and short sequences
of non-broadcast standard moving images will be free on the Web as species records
become available. ARKive will provide information on these pages about the
copyright holders so that direct contact can be made when longer sequences
of quality images are required. As a non-profit organisation, ARKive has
no intention of working in competition with existing libraries and collections.
Developmental work
This Web site is being developed in collaboration
with the Faculty of Education and Media Lab of the University of the West of
England (UWE), Bristol.
News about ARKive
Find out more about ARKive on the Arkive
News pages.
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