PRESS RELEASE For release Nov. 8, 2022, 12 pm PST Contact: Sally Esposito, Island Conservation, Interim Strategic Director of Communications, sally.esposito@islandconservation.org Resources: Interviews, peer-reviewed publication, photos Introduced, damaging, invasive rodents on islands are a leading cause of species extinctions [...]
Leading gene drive researchers, conservation biologists, and experts in social science, ethics, and policy—outline the principles and commitments necessary to conduct field trials of Gene Drive Organisms. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Mario Aguilera, UC [...]
Outreach Network for Gene Drive members discuss gene drive at IUCN Regional Conservation Forum. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) started a series of Regional Conservation Fora in preparation for the IUCN World [...]
Nature features Island Conservation's GBIRd Program Manager, Royden Saah, and the impact gene drive could have for preventing extinctions. Read the original article in Nature Researchers around the world are studying the possibility of using [...]
Revive & Restore launches a fund to develop ground-breaking solutions to ocean conservation. The world’s oceans are in great peril. To help conservation and to reverse the trends of oceanic degradation, we must innovate and [...]
Island Conservation CEO, Karen Poiani, shares her thoughts on the need for innovation and use of gene drives in conservation. Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald The global decline of species is a serious [...]
National Public Radio Features the Benefits and Potential Risks of Gene Drives NPR explores the benefits and potential risks of using gene drives for public health and conservation. Scientists have launched a major new phase [...]
GBIRd partner, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, shares the importance of transparency in gene drive research for conservation. By: Ben Creagh Thevenard Island, part of the Mackerel Island group, is located 22 kilometres off [...]
Island Conservation’s Board of Directors adopted this resolution to guide Island Conservation staff activities with the Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive Rodents GBIRd partnership. In 2012, Island Conservation engaged in a ‘horizon scan’ to identify the [...]
UN Treaty Agrees to Limit Gene Drives but Rejects a Moratorium UN treaty puts a hold on the release of engineered species but paves the way for the safe and responsible study of gene drives. [...]