This
chapter
critically
assesses
each
of
the
targets
for
biodiversity
conservation
listed
as
part
Sustainable
Goal
15
(SDG
15)
UN's
2030
Agenda
Development.The
include
ensuring
forest
and
restoration,
combatting
desertification
restoring
degraded
land
soil,
conserving
mountain
ecosystems
reducing
degradation
natural
habitats.In
addition,
they
urgent
action
to
prevent
poaching
trafficking
in
protected
flora
fauna,
adoption
measures
adequately
address
impact
invasive
alien
species
need
take
account
local
development
processes
poverty
reduction.It
is
found
that
SDG
are
not
well
integrated
with
those
other
sustainable
goals,
vague
fail
pay
attention
economic
factors
such
opportunity
costs
valuation
biodiversity.India's
approach
implementing
illustrates
limitations
specification
15.
Ecological Applications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
34(6)
Опубликована: Июль 30, 2024
The
release
of
biological
control
agents
has
been
an
important
means
controlling
invasive
species
for
over
150
years.
While
these
releases
have
led
to
the
sustainable
250
pest
and
weed
worldwide,
a
minority
caused
environmental
harm.
A
growing
recognition
risks
focus
on
risk
assessment
beginning
in
1990s
along
with
precipitous
decline
releases.
this
new
greatly
improved
safety
control,
it
came
at
cost
lost
opportunities
solve
problems
associated
species.
framework
that
incorporates
benefits
is
thus
needed
understand
net
effects
We
introduce
such
framework,
using
native
biodiversity
as
common
currency
both
risks.
model
based
interactions
among
four
categories
organisms:
(1)
agent,
(2)
(pest
or
weed)
targeted
by
(3)
one
more
stand
benefit
from
target
species,
(4)
are
being
harmed
released
agent.
Conservation
values
potentially
benefited
incorporated
well,
they
weighted
according
three
axes:
vulnerability
extinction,
ecosystem
services
provided,
cultural
significance.
Further,
we
incorporate
potential
indirect
which
consider
will
result
mainly
ecological
process
agent
enrichment
may
occur
if
exploits
but
does
not
weed.
illustrate
use
retrospectively
analyzing
vedalia
beetle,
Novius
(=
Rodolia)
cardinalis,
cottony
cushion
scale,
Icerya
purchasi,
Galapagos
Islands.
particularly
adaptable
natural
areas,
can
also
be
used
managed
settings,
where
protects
through
reduction
pesticide
use.
Conservation Science and Practice,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
3(4)
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2021
Abstract
Wolves
(
Canis
lupus
),
a
once
widely
distributed
species,
were
systematically
removed
from
many
temperate
zone
ecosystems
due
to
conflicts
with
humans.
A
change
in
human
attitudes
and
cultural
norms
has
brought
about
recovery
some
suitable
areas,
yet
reintroductions
are
still
controversial.
Two
notable
reintroduction
areas
the
United
States
Yellowstone
Isle
Royale
National
Parks.
Both
proposals
caused
polarization
debate.
In
opposition
focused
on
outside
park
effects,
mainly
wolves
killing
livestock
wild
game
also
desired
by
hunters.
At
Royale,
was
mostly
interventions
into
nature
impairment
of
wilderness
values
contrary
spirit
1964
Wilderness
Act.
locations
had
periods
20th
century
without
presence
dampening
effect
ungulate
population
fluctuations.
Most
outcomes
at
predicted
as
Environmental
Impact
Statement
written
beforehand
correctly
78%
51
that
examined.
too
recently
reintroduced
make
similar
comparisons,
but
we
conclude
intervention
is
not
Act,
nor
author
Howard
Zahniser's
vision,
partially
because
wolf
mitigation
for
actions.
Also,
intervening,
or
inaction,
often
perceived
safer,
would
have
more
damaging
impacts
ecosystem
functioning.
Evolutionary Applications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
17(3)
Опубликована: Март 1, 2024
Abstract
Most
species
will
not
be
able
to
migrate
fast
enough
cope
with
climate
change,
nor
evolve
quickly
current
levels
of
genetic
variation.
Exacerbating
the
problem
are
anthropogenic
influences
on
adaptive
potential,
including
prevention
gene
flow
through
habitat
fragmentation
and
erosion
diversity
in
small,
bottlenecked
populations.
Facilitated
adaptation,
or
assisted
evolution,
offers
a
way
augment
variation
via
artificial
selection,
induced
hybridization,
engineering.
One
key
source
variation,
particularly
for
climatic
core
metabolic
genes
encoded
by
mitochondrial
genome.
These
influence
environmental
tolerance
heat,
drought,
hypoxia,
but
must
interact
intimately
co‐evolve
suite
important
nuclear
genes.
coadapted
mitonuclear
form
some
reproductive
barriers
between
species.
Mitochondrial
genomes
can
do
introgress
an
manner,
they
may
co‐introgress
maintaining
compatibility.
Managers
should
consider
relevance
variability
conservation
decision‐making,
as
tool
facilitating
adaptation.
I
propose
novel
technique
dubbed
Conservation
Mitonuclear
Replacement
(CmNR),
which
entails
replacing
machinery
threatened
species—the
genome
loci—with
those
from
closely
related
divergent
population,
better‐adapted
changes
carry
lower
load.
The
most
feasible
route
CmNR
is
combine
CRISPR‐based
editing
replacement
technologies.
This
method
preserves
much
organism's
phenotype
could
allow
populations
persist
wild
when
no
other
suitable
options
exist.
mountaintops,
where
rising
temperatures
threaten
alarming
number
almost
certain
extinction
next
century.
Conservation Science and Practice,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
3(4)
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2021
Abstract
Novel
genetic
interventions
may
offer
innovative
solutions
to
environmental
conservation
challenges,
but
they
also
represent
new
kinds
of
risks
and
concerns
for
diverse
publics.
Yet,
by
focusing
on
potential
negative
outcomes
emerging
technologies
like
gene
editing,
their
utility
in
species
protection
could
lead
overblown
fears
unknown
unanticipated
consequences.
In
response,
Revive
Restore
organized
a
workshop
June
2020
entitled,
“Intended
Consequences,”
highlight
successes
the
discourse
governance
genomic
interventions.
This
article
argues
that
if
we
seek
emphasize
Intended
Consequences
embolden
efforts,
must
simultaneously
query
whose
intentions
are
included
what
consequences
considered
ensure
goals
accompanied
responsibility,
democracy,
justice.
These
questions
reveal
management
always
rest
upon
value
judgements.
Inspired
informed
Responsible
Research
Innovation
framework,
encourage
anticipation
outcomes,
reflection
assumptions
intentions,
inclusion
stakeholders
perspectives,
commitment
responding
thoughtfully
preferences
communities
broader
Journal of Responsible Innovation,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
11(1)
Опубликована: Май 30, 2024
This
article
examines
what
responsibility
means
in
the
context
of
synthetic
biotechnologies,
based
on
academic
researchers
American
west
who
are
using/developing
biology,
engineering
and
genomics.
Advancements
technical
capacity
ushering
imminent/current
possibilities
creating
whole
genomes/organisms
from
scratch,
yet
extant
narratives
about
'responsibility'
have
neither
been
fleshed
out,
nor
compared
against
normative
frameworks
(such
as
ELSI
its
critiques).
Through
empirical
data
collection
(e.g.
discourse
analysis),
this
paper
interviews
with
biotechnologists
(N
=
16)
to
analyze
ground,
which
include:
being
responsible
towards
grand
challenges,
national
values,
research
relations
involving
other
beings
lab,
both
human
more-than-human.
The
analyses
presented
here
offer
feminist
multispecies
critiques
for
studying
relational
webs
(response-able)
concludes
a
discussion
mismatch
between
how
responsibilities
narrativized
across
different
actors
within
institutions.
This
chapter
critically
assesses
each
of
the
targets
for
biodiversity
conservation
listed
as
part
Sustainable
Goal
15
(SDG
15)
UN's
2030
Agenda
Development.The
include
ensuring
forest
and
restoration,
combatting
desertification
restoring
degraded
land
soil,
conserving
mountain
ecosystems
reducing
degradation
natural
habitats.In
addition,
they
urgent
action
to
prevent
poaching
trafficking
in
protected
flora
fauna,
adoption
measures
adequately
address
impact
invasive
alien
species
need
take
account
local
development
processes
poverty
reduction.It
is
found
that
SDG
are
not
well
integrated
with
those
other
sustainable
goals,
vague
fail
pay
attention
economic
factors
such
opportunity
costs
valuation
biodiversity.India's
approach
implementing
illustrates
limitations
specification
15.
This
chapter
critically
assesses
each
of
the
targets
for
biodiversity
conservation
listed
as
part
Sustainable
Goal
15
(SDG
15)
UN's
2030
Agenda
Development.The
include
ensuring
forest
and
restoration,
combatting
desertification
restoring
degraded
land
soil,
conserving
mountain
ecosystems
reducing
degradation
natural
habitats.In
addition,
they
urgent
action
to
prevent
poaching
trafficking
in
protected
flora
fauna,
adoption
measures
adequately
address
impact
invasive
alien
species
need
take
account
local
development
processes
poverty
reduction.It
is
found
that
SDG
are
not
well
integrated
with
those
other
sustainable
goals,
vague
fail
pay
attention
economic
factors
such
opportunity
costs
valuation
biodiversity.India's
approach
implementing
illustrates
limitations
specification
15.
This
chapter
critically
assesses
each
of
the
targets
for
biodiversity
conservation
listed
as
part
Sustainable
Goal
15
(SDG
15)
UN's
2030
Agenda
Development.The
include
ensuring
forest
and
restoration,
combatting
desertification
restoring
degraded
land
soil,
conserving
mountain
ecosystems
reducing
degradation
natural
habitats.In
addition,
they
urgent
action
to
prevent
poaching
trafficking
in
protected
flora
fauna,
adoption
measures
adequately
address
impact
invasive
alien
species
need
take
account
local
development
processes
poverty
reduction.It
is
found
that
SDG
are
not
well
integrated
with
those
other
sustainable
goals,
vague
fail
pay
attention
economic
factors
such
opportunity
costs
valuation
biodiversity.India's
approach
implementing
illustrates
limitations
specification
15.
