Ark Of Life

About Ark of Life

Ark of Life is a nonprofit organisation set up to save species that are already extinct, or nearly extinct in the wild. By building and organising permanent collections of imperilled plants and animals in partnership with botanic gardens and zoos, we aim to support an ex-situ approach to conservation to prevent extinct species from vanishing altogether. Each collection, or "ark" serves as a resource to preserve the genetic diversity of extinct organisms in cultivation, to ensure that in the future, repopulation of the wild remains viable. Please click "ABout Us" for more information.

Get Involved

2011 is our first year of operation. The Rare Nepenthes Collection is our first ark of life. Help us export this idea to organse and build ex-situ collections of other plant and animals species that need to be saved from worldwide extinction.