Genetic frontiers for conservation: An assessment of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation
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K. H. Redford, T. Brooks, M., B. W. Nicholas and J. S. A. Macfarlane,
International Union for Conservation of Nature,
2019.
This assessment is the beginning of a process that will lead to the development of an IUCN policy to guide the Union’s Director General, Commissions, and Members. The draft policy will be discussed in many fora before it is brought to vote at the World Conservation Congress in 2020. Far greater public attention to the topic of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation is essential, given the potential impact of scientific discoveries and policy decisions that may be just over the horizon, and also given the need for broad partnerships to address the challenges that the conservation and synthetic biology communities will inevitably face More related to this: Conservation implications of disease control Engineering Bugs, Resurrecting Species: The Wild World of Synthetic Biology for Conservation Gene drives, species, and compassion for individuals in conservation biology Is it time for synthetic biodiversity conservation?
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