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Long Now Foundation | Synthetic Biology to Restore Endangered Species | Ryan Phelan @longnow | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Executive Director of Revive & Restore Ryan Phelan outlines the peril of endangered horseshoe crabs, and the promise of new technologies to revolutionize their conservation.

From the Long Now Seminar, “Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation” by Ryan Phelan
Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/CE6r0d5Ddfw

How can we turn the tide on species loss and help biodiversity and bioabundance flourish for millennia to come?

Ryan Phelan is Executive Director of Revive & Restore; the leading wildlife conservation organization promoting the incorporation of biotechnologies into standard conservation practice. Phelan will share the new Genetic Rescue Toolkit for conservation – a suite of biotechnology tools and conservation applications that offer hope and a path to recovery for threatened species. In this talk, Phelan will present examples of the toolkit in action, including corals that better withstand rising ocean temperatures, trees that withstand a fungal blight, and the genetic rescue of the black-footed ferret, once thought to be extinct.

Revive & Restore brings biotechnologies to conservation in responsible ways; from engaging local communities where ecological restorations are underway, to connecting stakeholders in disciplines like biotech, bioethics, conservation organizations and government agencies. Together, they are forging new paths to bioabundance in our changing world.

Ryan Phelan is joined by forecaster and Long Now Board Member Paul Saffo for the Q&A to discuss long-term outcomes and the Intended Consequences framing used by Revive & Restore.

"Bringing Biotech to Wildlife Conservation" was given on April 04, 02023 as part of Long Now's Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world's leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. To follow the talks, you can:

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