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The project was launched in May 2003 by its patron, the UK-based natural history presenter, Sir David Attenborough^[1], a long-standing colleague and friend of its chief instigator, the late Christopher Parsons, a former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir David Frederick Attenborough, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, born May 8, 1926 in London, (the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough), is the presenter of many ground-breaking and award winning BBC wildlife documentaries, and a former senior manager for the BBC. He has travelled widely, originally to... The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of the BBC dedicated to making TV and radio programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme, especially nature documentaries. ...

Parsons identified a need to provide a centralised safe haven for wildlife films and photographs after discovering that many such records are held in scattered, non-indexed, collections, often with little or no public access, and sometimes in conditions that could lead to loss or damage. ^[2] He believed the records could be a powerful force in building environmental awareness by bringing scientific names to life. He also saw their preservation as an important educational resource and conservation tool, not least because extinction rates and habitat destruction could mean that images and sounds might be the only legacy of some species’ existence. For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... Look up preservation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

His vision of a permanent, accessible, refuge for audio-visual wildlife material won almost immediate support from many of the world’s major broadcasters; leading film and photographic libraries, international conservation organisations and academic institutes.

Work on building ARKive began as part of the UK’s Millennium 2000 celebrations, using advanced computerised storage and retrieval technology devised for the project by Hewlett Packard Laboratories Europe. By the launch date, the project team had researched, catalogued, copied, described and authenticated image, sound and fact files of 1,000 animals, plants and fungi, many of them critically endangered. More multi-media profiles are added every month, starting with British flora and fauna and with species included on the Red List – that is, species that are believed to be closest to extinction, according to research by the World Conservation Union. By January 2006, the database had grown to 2,000 species, 15,000 still images and more than 50 hours of video. ^[3] A millennium (pl. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that HP ProLiant be merged into this article or section. ... The word Animals when used alone has several possible meanings in the English language. ... u fuck in ua ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ... Simplified schematic of an islands flora - all its plant species, highlighted in boxes. ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life of any particular region or time. ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ... The Dodo, shown here in a 1651 illustration by Jan Savery, is an often-cited[1] example of modern extinction. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The ARKive project is an initiative of Wildscreen, a UK-registered educational charity, based in Bristol, and working globally to increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of biodiversity, through the power of wildlife imagery. Wildscreen is a UK-based educational charity working globally to promote the conservation of nature, and the public’s appreciation of biodiversity, through wildlife imagery: The charity was launched in 1982 with the initial aim of encouraging and applauding excellence in the production of natural history films and television. ... This article is about the English city. ...

Critictism and controversies

One of the ARKive members raped a rich girl and hired a thug

References

1. ^ Arkive sets sail on the web. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
2. ^ Christopher Parsons. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
3. ^ ARKive named as Sunday Times website of the year. ARKive. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.

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See also

• Nature documentary
• Encyclopedia of Life

A nature documentary is a documentary film about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on film taken in their natural habitat. ... The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is the proposed name for a collaborative bio-encyclopedia, written by experts[1][2], which aims to build an encyclopedia of separate articles for all known species, including video, sound, images, graphics, and text. ...

External links

• Official ARKive site.
• Official Wildscreen site.