As climate and human pressures outpace natural adaptation, conservation may shift from preserving 'as is' to gene‑editing vulnerable plants and animals (e.g., CRISPR, gene drives) to survive new temperatures, diseases, and invasive species. This promises biodiversity rescue but risks irreversible ecological cascades and moral hazard.
— It reframes conservation as a biotech governance challenge, forcing policymakers to balance extinction prevention against ecological uncertainty and biosecurity risk.
Aryn Baker
2025.10.07
90% relevant
The article argues gene editing could prevent extinction (e.g., editing corals to withstand warming) and discusses gene drives against pests like malaria mosquitoes, directly reflecting conservation-by-editing rather than preservation 'as is.'
David Farrier
2025.09.26
100% relevant
The essay explicitly proposes CRISPR‑Cas9 and synthetic biology to alter threatened species, contrasting de‑extinction hype with editing living ecosystems to save them.
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