Intended consequences statement
Conservation Science and Practice
By: Ryan Phelan, Bridget Baumgartner, Stewart Brand, Evelyn Brister, Stanley W. Burgiel, R. Alta Charo, Isabelle Coche, Al Cofrancesco, Jason A. Delborne, Owain Edwards, Joshua P. Fisher, Martin Gaywood, Doria R. Gordon, Gregg Howald, Margaret Hunter, Peter Kareiva, Aditi Mankad, Michelle Marvier, Katherine Moseby, Andrew E. Newhouse, Ben J. Novak, Gerry Ohrstrom, Steven Olson, Megan J. Palmer, Stephen S. Palumbi, Neil Patterson Jr., Miguel Pedrono, Francisco Pelegri, Yasha Rohwer, Oliver A. Ryder, J. Royden Saah, Robert M. Scheller, Philip J. Seddon, H. Bradley Shaffer, Beth Shapiro, Mike Sweeney, Mark R. Tercek, Delphine Thizy, Whitney Tilt, Michele Weber, Renee D. Wegrzyn, Bruce Whitelaw, Matthew Winkler, Josh Wodak, Mark Zimring, and Paul Robbins
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Abstract
As the biodiversity crisis accelerates, the stakes are higher for threatened plants and animals. Rebuilding the health of our planet will require addressing underlying threats at many scales, including habitat loss and climate change. Conservation interventions such as habitat protection, management, restoration, predator control, translocation, genetic rescue, and biological control have the potential to help threatened or endangered species avert extinction. These existing, well-tested methods can be complemented and augmented by more frequent and faster adoption of new technologies, such as powerful new genetic tools. In addition, synthetic biology might offer solutions to currently intractable conservation problems. We believe that conservation needs to be bold and clear-eyed in this moment of great urgency.
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Phelan, R., Baumgartner, B., Brand, S., Brister, E., Burgiel, S.W., Charo, R.A., Coche, I., Cofrancesco, A., Delborne, J.A., Edwards, O., Fisher, J.P., Gaywood, M., Gordon, D.R., Howald, G., Hunter, M., Kareiva, P., Mankad, A., Marvier, M., Moseby, K., Newhouse, A.E., Novak, B.J., Ohrstrom, G., Olson, S., Palmer, M.J., Palumbi, S.S., Patterson, N., Pedrono, M., Pelegri, F., Rohwer, Y., Ryder, O.A., Saah, J.R., Scheller, R.M., Seddon, P.J., Shaffer, H.B., Shapiro, B., Sweeney, M., Tercek, M.R., Thizy, D., Tilt, W., Weber, M., Wegrzyn, R.D., Whitelaw, B., Winkler, M., Wodak, J., Zimring, M., and Robbins, P., 2021, Intended consequences statement: Conservation Science and Practice, v. 3, no. 4, e371, 3 p., https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.371.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Intended consequences statement |
| Series title | Conservation Science and Practice |
| DOI | 10.1111/csp2.371 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | March 15, 2021 |
| Year Published | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |
| Description | e371, 3 p. |