Tag: Conservation
Revive & Restore Partners with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to Protect the Genetic...
The non-profit organization Revive & Restore has unveiled an innovative new project, in collaboration with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, aimed at establishing a biobanking program for endangered species in the United States. This groundbreaking multi-institution partnership represents...
Animal Biobanking for Conservation Specialist Group Aims to Establish Global Network for Genetic Resources...
Our world is currently facing a massive crisis of extinction, where the populations of various wildlife species have reduced by an average of 69% since 1970. We are at risk of losing the genetic diversity that is crucial for...
Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa (BBSA): A Central Repository Launches to Conserve and Manage Biodiversity...
In a first for the country, a central repository, Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa (BBSA), was launched to conserve and manage biodiversity samples on 1 March 2023.
BBSA is the coming together of a diverse group of biobank managers to form a...
Forum Workshops on Genetic Data and Animal Biobanking Successfully Hosted by EPAA in Sharjah
The Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) in Sharjah hosted its 3rd day of the Sharjah International Conservation Forum for Arabia’s Biodiversity workshops on the use of genetic data to resolve taxonomic considerations and an Introduction to animal biobanking....
Cryopreservation and Biobanking Could Save the World’s Rarest Species from Extinction
Scientists at the Chester Zoo in the UK have teamed up with some of the UK’s leading animal reproduction experts and founded Nature’s SAFE, which stands for Saving Animals From Extinction. Nature’s SAFE is one of Europe’s largest living...
Insuring Against The Sixth-Wave Of Mass Extinction – Cryopreservation And Sequencing
Some ecologists believe the Earth has entered a so-called
sixth-wave of mass extinction. In 2018 the last male northern white rhinoceros
died, for example. Rivers and lakes cover approximately one percent of Earth's
surface, but are home to one third of all...
