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Welcome
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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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Your chance to name a frog species!
This frog needs a name, and the winning bidder not only will have the honor of naming it, but will also play an important role in saving endangered wildlife. In celebration of The Year of the Frog and to help save amphibian species in imminent danger of extinction, Jeff Corwin and Amphibian Ark are proud to auction the exclusive naming rights to the
Osornophryne frog from Ecuador.
Check the
auction page for more information, and to place your bid. |
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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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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 Amphibian 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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Half Moon at Checkerboard
Mesa
On a summer night several
years ago, an unsuspecting group of canyon tree frogs sang by a slickrock
waterhole in Zion National Park in southern Utah. Little did they know that
their voices would soon be heard on concert stages all across the world. But
hiding nearby was Utah composer Phillip Bimstein, who had placed a
microphone and a digital recorder at the edge of the waterhole. He also
recorded the sounds of coyotes, crickets, rocks, thunder, and the rushing
waters of the Virgin River.
Listen to
Half Moon at Checkerboard Mesa
and consider donating to the Amphibian Ark at the same time. |
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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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