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Always striving to be on the 'cutting edge' of multi-media web delivery, the ARKive team have been busy working to update and improve the ARKive website. The result, launched this week, is a new look for ARKive, with a different logo, design and layout. Be one of the first to explore the newly re-designed site at www.arkive.org
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Also announced this week is ARKive's very latest venture - a layer on Google Earth. We've teamed up with Google Earth Outreach to highlight one hundred of ARKive's threatened species, as a powerful new way to promote awareness of the world's biodiversity to an even wider audience. The ARKive project isn't the only Wildscreen initiative the team have been focusing on lately. Take a look below for the very latest news on the Wildscreen Festival, WildPhotos 2008 and the recently launched WildFilmHistory.
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Harriet Nimmo
Wildscreen Chief Executive
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Richard Edwards
ARKive Director
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The new ARKive site has been developed to be more user-friendly, media-rich and contemporary, making the visitor experience more intuitive, and encouraging further exploration of the ever-expanding multi-media collection.
Our aim is for the ARKive website to continue to move with the times, bringing our users the very best wildlife imagery and species information on the world's threatened fauna and flora. Further significant changes to the ARKive website are already scheduled for this year.
ARKive is a great success story, and one which would not be possible without the continued support of our many media donors, now numbering well over 1,500. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them again for their much valued support.
To see ARKive's new look visit www.arkive.org
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Sir David Attenborough, Wildscreen Patron, today announced ARKive's latest venture, a layer on Google Earth. This new ARKive layer uses Google's mapping technology to raise the profile of a selection of threatened species from around the world, and is an exciting new platform for ARKive to promote the conservation of the world's biodiversity to an even wider audience.
Initially highlighting one hundred of the world's threatened species, each of the 'ARKive balloons' on the Google Earth layer acts as a window to the full species profile on the ARKive website.
The ARKive layer can be found in the Global Awareness folder of the Featured Content section in Google Earth. To download Google Earth for free go to www.google.co.uk/earth.
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Exploring the power of nature photography
Friday 31st October & Saturday 1st November
Royal Geographical Society, Kensington, London
Following the success of WildPhotos 2007, organisers Wildscreen are now planning this year's event, which will take place at the Royal Geographical Society, London on the 31st October and 1st November 2008.
The event will include photographic presentations by the world's premier wildlife photographers; workshops and top tips from leading industry professionals; a review of the very latest digital technology and a look at wildlife photography as a conservation tool. Aimed at professional photographers, editors, photo agents and passionate amateurs with an interest in wildlife imagery, full details of the programme will be published in May at www.wildphotos.org.uk
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The international wildlife and environmental film festival
Sunday 19th to Friday 24th October 2008
Bristol, UK
The Wildscreen Festival is back, celebrating the world's very best wildlife and environmental films. Taking place from 19th - 24th October, in Bristol, UK, the world's largest and most prestigious wildlife and environmental film festival, is now just closing its call for entries for the coveted Panda Awards. With more than 420 film entries from 45 countries in 2006, we're very much looking forward to seeing what exciting new films are entered for this year's Festival.
For more information about the Wildscreen Festival visit www.wildscreenfestival.org
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From the early days of clockwork cameras to the latest in HD technologies, WildFilmHistory is a fascinating online guide to the pioneering people and landmark productions behind one hundred years of wildlife filmmaking.
Visit Wildscreen's latest flagship initiative and uncover ground-breaking films, 'behind the scenes' photographs, essential production information, and specially crafted learning resources, as well as a unique collection of personal memoirs from key industry players at www.wildfilmhistory.org
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Don't forget ARKiveprints.com, now with a 15% discount on all images. A large selection of fantastic ARKive images, in a wide variety of sizes, are available to buy at www.arkiveprints.com
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ARKiveprints.com is a collaboration between ARKive, Printree and Nature Picture Library.
www.arkiveprints.com
www.printree.com
www.naturepl.com
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