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Conservation
Allen supports conservation of terrestrial and marine wildlife and their ecosystems. By marrying technology development with philanthropic interests, he is working to address the trafficking of endangered species and ensure stable or thriving generations of wild animals. These include:


 * Great Elephant Census, Paul Allen provided more than $7 million to fund the census, the largest pan-African aerial survey since the 1970's. The Great Elephant Census team is flying over 20 countries to survey the African savannah elephants with hopes that the accurate and up-to-date data will spur immediate protective actions and long-term conservation management plans.


 * Sea Around Us Project, with an aim improve data on global fisheries as a way to fight illegal fishing, Paul Allen started supporting the University of British Columbia's Sea Around Us Project in 2014. His funding of $2.6 million will go to create FishBase, an online database about adult finfish.


 * FinPrint, launched in July of 2015, Paul Allen is funding the Global FinPrint initiative, a three-year survey of sharks and rays in coral reef areas. The survey is the largest of its kind and designed to provide data to help conservation programs. The initiative is a partnership between Allen's Vulcan Inc, Stony Brook University, Floridia International University, James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences. Survey results will be made available in summer 2018.


 * Initiative 1401, Paul Allen is backing a Washington state initiative that would prohibit the purchase, sale and distribution of products made from 10 endangered speciese including elephants, rhinos, lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, marine turtles, pangolins, sharks and rays. The initiative gained enough signatures to be on the state's ballot On November 3, 2015.
 * Smart Catch, created in 2015, the program is designed for chefs by chef to recognize and promote restaurants serving sustainable seafood. The program right now is being used by over 60 restaurants in Seattle.

Impact Investing
Allen has a long history of investing in Africa.


 * Microgrids, Paul Allen is currently funding the building of microgrids, which are small-scale power grids that can operate independently, in Kenya to help promote reusable energy and empower its businesses and residents.[28]


 * Wireless broadband, Allen was an early investor in the Mawingu Networks, a wireless and solar-powered Internet provider which aims to connect rural Africa with the world.


 * Off Grid Electric, a company focused on providing solar energy to people in emerging nations, Allen's investment is giving Tanzanians the ability to access electrical service for a very little cost. [29]

The arts
An active art collector, Paul Allen has gifted more than $100 million to support the arts.[38] On October 15, 2012, the Americans for the Arts awarded Allen with the Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts.[39] Allen has also loaned out more than 300 pieces from his private art collection to 47 different venues. In 2013, Allen sold Barnett Newman's Onement VI (1953) at Sotheby's in New York for $43.8 million,[40] surpassing its estimate of $30 million to $40 million.[41]

In 2015, Allen founded the Seattle Art Fair, a four-day event with 60+ galleries from around the world including works from the Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner and many others. The event drew thousands and inspired other satellite fairs throughout the city.[42] Also in 2015, Allen announced that he'd be opening up Pivot Art + Culture, a gallery that will be located in the new Allen Institute for Brain Science building. The gallery is scheduled to open in the winter of 2015.[43]

Vessels
Octopus

The launch of Paul Allen's 414 ft yacht, Octopus, secured its position as one of the world's largest yachts in 2003. As of 2013, it is 14th in the list of motor yachts by length. The yacht is equipped with two helicopters, a submarine, a ROV, a swimming pool, a music studio and a basketball court.

Allen has loaned Octopus, for a number of operations. Most notably, Octopus was used in the search for an missing American pilot and two officers whose plane disappeared off Palau and the study of a rare fish called a coelacanth among many others.

In 2012, Allen along with the Royal Navy attempted to retrieve the bell from the HMS Hood (51), which sank in the Denmark Strait during World War II, as a national memorial. In March of 2015, an Allen-led research team found the JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea off the coast of the Philippines. Musashi and her sister ship JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yamato were two of the largest and most technologically impressive battleships in naval history.

Octopus is a member of AMVER, a voluntary group ship reporting system used worldwide by authorities to arrange assistance for those in distress at sea.

The ship is also known for its annual celebrity-studded parties hosted at Cannes film festival, where Allen and his band play to guests. Such performances have included musicians like R&B star Usher and Dave Stewart.

Allen also owns Meduse and Tatoosh--one of the world's 100 largest yachts.

Awards and recognition

 * On October 3, 2015, the Center for Infectious Disease Research presented Allen with the 2015 "Champion for Global Health Award" for his leadership and effort to fight Ebola.

Edits to Stratolaunch Systems Page
Stratolaunch Systems, a subsidiary of Vulcan Aerospace, is a space transportation venture developing a new air launch to orbit system, with its corporate headquarters located in Seattle, Washington. The project was begun in 2010 and officially announced in December 2011 by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan, who had previously collaborated on the creation of SpaceShipOne.

In 2015 Stratolaunch Systems was placed under the supervision of Paul Allen's new company Vulcan Aerospace, a subsidiary of Vulcan, Inc.

The project is a mobile launch system with three primary components; a carrier aircraft being built by Scaled Composites, a multi-stage payload "launch vehicle" which would be launched at high altitude into space from under the carrier aircraft, plus a mating and integration system by Dynetics.

2015 press releases from Stratolaunch Systems have targeted a first test flight for 2016.

November 2015
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