ARKive

From Small Carnivore Conservation

July 2010 : ARKive searching for imagery of all threatened small carnivores

ARKive, the world’s centralised digital library of films and photographs of threatened animals, plants and fungi, is calling on members of the Small Carnivore Specialist Group to help in the search for imagery of threatened species.

A project of UK-based NGO, Wildscreen, ARKive’s objective is to raise public awareness of the world’s threatened species and the need for their conservation through the power of wildlife imagery.

To date, ARKive has created digital multi-media profiles for over 8,000 species, digitising and storing more than 50,000 still images and over 100 hours of moving footage, from over 3,000 contributors, including the BBC, National Geographic, and a wide variety of photographers, scientists and conservationists. These important audio-visual records are being preserved and maintained for the benefit of future generations, and are made freely available for non-commercial awareness-raising and educational purposes via the ARKive website [www.arkive.org]. The ARKive website regularly receives over 25,000 visits a day from around the world, with visitor demography ranging from research scientists, conservationists, educators to the general public.

Having recently become a formal partner of the IUCN Red List, ARKive’s immediate aim is to compile audio-visual profiles for the c. 18,000 species at most risk of extinction (CR – VU), including all c. 30 threatened small carnivore species. ARKive is collaborating with the IUCN Species Programme and the Species Survival Commission to find photos, and films for as many of these threatened species as possible, with all images sourced under the partnership being made available for use in IUCN Red List activities.

If you have films or photographs of any Red List small carnivore species, or indeed of any of the world's threatened species, then ARKive would be delighted to hear from you.

For further information on contributing imagery to ARKive, please contact the ARKive team at: [arkive@wildscreen.org.uk]

Please note that ARKive does not sell photographs, but rather the ARKive website acts as a showcase for image providers, displaying copyright and contact details with every image, as well as links to each media donor's own web activities