Founded by lisbet rausing and peter baldwin, arcadia supports charities and scholarly institutions to preserve cultural heritage, protect the environment, and promote open access. Since 2002, we have awarded more than $663 million in grants to projects around the world.
Unread, undocumented & scattered – most Medieval archives are still unknown. Joining #darkarchives conf tmrw to discuss digitizing cultural heritage @DarkArchives aevum.space/darkarchivesImage: Lectionary for Holy Week (c.1470) Marawe Krestos monastic archives, Tigray, Ethiopia
Our new project @MarEA_project builds on the success of @EAMENA123 and will assess and record threatened maritime archaeology in the MENA region.This historic Red Sea port of Suakin in Sudan is one of a network of port sites the project is examining.arcadiafund.org.uk/new-grant-to-t…
Science publishing is slow, expensive and ineffective. This week's #eLifeSprint @eLifeInnovation hackathon will explore tools & technologies to improve the discovery, sharing, use & review of important scientific research. Delighted to support it again! sprint.elifesciences.org
Positive high-quality stock photos to promote accurate information about immunization, made openly available for use with our grantee @creativecommons licensing #VaccinesSaveLives creativecommons.org/2019/08/26/sel…Photo: Heather Hazzan, SELF (CC BY) @HeatherHazzan
The World Health Organization is the first UN agency to join #cOAlitionS mandating full and immediate #openaccess to WHO-funded research from 2021. An important day for health research, practitioners and patients! @cOAlitionS_OA @WHO who.int/news-room/deta…
The UN is negotiating a new treaty for #biodiversity conservation beyond national waters #BBNJ. But with ~95% of fish species in the #highseas not monitored, a new #openaccess publication warns that the treaty may fail to achieve its most basic goal nature.com/articles/s4155…
At this crucial moment for the world’s tropical forests, @ELTI_Yale is working with practitioners, decision-makers & landholders across the tropics to restore & protect these threatened landscapes environment.yale.edu/news/article/e…vimeo.com/350435911?ref=…
This weekend marks 792 yrs since Genghis Khan’s death. He was so impressed by Bukhara's 12th century Kalyan minaret that he ordered to preserve it when his soldiers destroyed the city. @uclcaal is documenting #Bukhara & other cultural sites in Central Asia uclcaal.org
UN experts urge decade of action to aid survival of indigenous languages shar.es/aXfhP7Since 2002, our Endangered Languages Documentation Programme @ELARarchive @SOAS has recorded more than 430 at-risk languages around the world.#IndigenousPeoplesDay
US bans timber imports from Peruvian company WCA after investigations by @Global_Witness & others exposed illegally-harvested timber in their supply chains ustr.gov/about-us/polic…More about how timber exporters are complicit in plundering Peru’s Amazon globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…
A project with @ZJU_China & @UCLarchaeology documenting endangered temple wall paintings is helping to understand how Buddhism, Taoism & Chinese folk beliefs have influenced each other in #Shanxi, home to some of China’s richest architectural heritage arcadiafund.org.uk/university-col…
A beautiful documentary about the Tompkins’ work to rewild #Patagonia @KrisTompkins_ @TompkinsConservaljazeera.com/programmes/ear…