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ARKive

ARKive. Robert Canning, Defra, UK. Introduction to ARKive. ARKive is a non-profit initiative of the Bristol-based Wildscreen Trust, an educational charity working to raise conservation awareness by encouraging excellence in wildlife film-making and related media.

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ARKive

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  1. ARKive Robert Canning, Defra, UK

  2. Introduction to ARKive • ARKive is a non-profit initiative of the Bristol-based Wildscreen Trust, an educational charity working to raise conservation awareness by encouraging excellence in wildlife film-making and related media. • ARKive provides an online digital library of film, photographs and audio recordings of endangered species. Described as a 21st Century Noah's Ark, ARKive is leading the virtual conservation effort. • An ongoing process, it offers a centralised source of material, preserved for future generations. • Accessible to all via the Internet.

  3. Continued… • Ultimate aim is to compile an audio-visual record for the 11,000 animals and plants threatened with extinction according to the IUCN Red List. • In the short-term, ARKive is working on profiles of approx 500 globally endangered species and 750 British species by the end of 2003. • ARKive is designed so that anyone from school children to scientists can use it.

  4. ARKive front page

  5. Coral ID Guide • Around 2000 coral species are listed on Appendix II of CITES and so international trade in these is regulated. Nearly 3000 coral species in total are CITES-listed. • The UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) funded the development of a coral identification guide as a separate ARKive species chapter. • The aim of the guide is to: assist customs officials around the world in identifying CITES-listed corals, and to inform members of the public of the need to conserve coral species and the restrictions on their trade.

  6. Access to Coral ID Guide

  7. Coral ID Guide

  8. Introduction to corals page

  9. Example of an ID page

  10. And finally • The online coral ID guide was launched on 14 July this year and can be found at www.arkive.org • This project is a pilot with possible further development to help identify other CITES-listed species. • Any comments on the guide or suggestions for other taxa that would benefit from a similar guide should be sent to the contract manager, Phil Lewis (Defra): Phil.Lewis@defra.gsi.gov.uk tel: +44 (0)117 372 8032

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