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Welcome
to the Amphibian
Ark
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Amphibians are an important component of the
global ecosystem, as indicators of environmental health and contributors to
human health. They watched the dinosaurs come and go, but today almost half
of them are themselves threatened with extinction. Addressing the amphibian
extinction crisis represents the greatest species conservation challenge in
the history of humanity.
The global conservation community has
formulated a response in the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan, and an
integral part of that response is the Amphibian Ark, in which select species
that would otherwise go extinct will be maintained in captivity until they
can be secured in the wild. Without immediate captive management as a
stopgap component of an integrated conservation effort, hundreds of species
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During 2008, AArk is leading
zoos in a globally coordinated public awareness campaign “The Year of the
Frog.” The main goal of this campaign is to generate public awareness and
understanding of the amphibian extinction crisis.
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Download
the campaign
InfoPacks. Available in English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese.
Click here
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How to get
involved in the Year of the Frog
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Amphibian Ark's Amphibian Population Management Guidelines released
In December 2007, a group
of population biologists, amphibian husbandry experts and software
developers gathered for two days in San Diego, CA. The goal of the
workshop was to develop of a series of population management guidelines
that would cover all species of amphibians, and be useful for a
wide-ranging audience, from population biologists to amphibian breeders.
The
Amphibian Population Management Guidelines are now available for
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Buy and sell on
eBay for Amphibian Ark
 You can support Amphibian Ark when you buy or sell on eBay, with the eBay Giving Works program.
Here’s how: Amphibian Ark is part of the
eBay Giving Works program. So, you can support our mission when you buy and sell on eBay. Here’s how:
Buy:
You can find whatever you're looking for on eBay – from baseball
cards to new cars and more. When you do, shop for items that benefit us. You
can get a great deal and support Amphibian Ark at the same time! See our
Giving Works page
Sell:
You can also support Amphibian Ark when you sell on eBay. Just designate our
organization to receive 10-100% of your final sale price the next time you
list something great. See our
Giving Works page |
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International Zoo Yearbook Volume 42 (2008)
– Amphibian Conservation
The main focus of this volume is the global extinction crisis facing amphibians and the coordinated response of zoos and aquariums with partners (governments, museums, universities, botanical-gardens and private-sector collaborators) around the world. Together it should be possible to use the collective experience, capabilities, networks and facilities to tackle the amphibian crisis in a meaningful and systematic way.
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here for more information or to order your copy. |
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Five for Frogs Campaign launched!
5 for Frogs is a
fun five-month campaign beginning in May. The "pay it forward" spirit asks
kids and adults to do something to help frogs, salamanders, and other
amphibians through acts of kindness involving the number 5. Anyone and
everyone can participate by telling 5 people about the amphibian crisis and
committing to an activity that will raise money in any amount of "5". The
time frame for raising funds should be 5 days, 5 weeks or 5 months, in order
to help Ark raise $500,000 to save 5 species of frogs.
Click
here for 50 creative and
easy ideas that will help you get started!
Five for Frogs
Media Release and
Fact Sheet also available. |
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Jean-Michel Cousteau and Amphibian Ark in Eco Voice newsletter!
What has the Seadragon Foundation Inc. got to do with the amphibian conservation and the Amphibian Ark?
What have marine conservationists got to do with amphibian conservation?
Jean-Michel Cousteau, the
son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau and founder of the Oceans Future
Society, joins Sir David Attenborough, Jeff Corwin, and thousands of zoos, aquaria, and conservation organizations to support Amphibian Ark in rallying our planet to avert this mass extinction.
Read the
open letter by Jean-Michel Cousteau in
Eco Voice to find out more. |
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Jeff Corwin supports
the Amphibian Ark
Jeff Corwin's latest video in
support of the Amphibian Ark talks about the goals of the AArk, and how
you can help to save amphibians.
See Jeff's video on our
Video Gallery page.
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EDGE Amphibians - Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered
If you thought the EDGE Mammals were
strange, we now invite you to enter a world
where creatures give birth through the skin of
their back, can live without lungs, and may
survive without food for over ten years.
Some EDGE amphibians, such as the Chinese
giant salamander and axolotl are relatively well
known, but others, such as the lungless salamanders
of Central America, the worm-like Sagalla caecilian, and
the mouth brooding Chile Darwin frogs (which carry their
young in their vocal sac), remain poorly understood.
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Visit
the
EDGE amphibian site now! |
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Sign our online Petition
Frogs and other amphibians are dying. After thriving for over 360 million years, 1/3 to 1/2 of the world’s 6,000 known amphibian species could go extinct in our lifetime. Sign the
Petition to Politicians and Parliaments of the World, asking them to resources for urgent global action to rescue frogs and other amphibians.
Click here to sign the petition...
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Clorox partners with
Amphibian Ark
AArk is pleased to announce that
Clorox® Regular-Bleach has signed on as the first official corporate sponsor of
Amphibian Ark’s “2008 Year of the Frog”. Clorox Regular bleach, an EPA-registered
fungicide, is one of the most important tools in Amphibian Ark’s fight to
save the frogs.The Clorox Company will donate Clorox® Regular-Bleach
to aid in the halt of the spread of chytrid fungus.
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