A lecture by Evelyn Brister, Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology. 

Emerging biotechnologies hold promise for species conservation and ecosystem restoration: genetic modification and gene editing, cloning, cryopreservation, and de-extinction. Such technologies are already playing a role in coral conservation and in re-establishing black-footed ferret and Przewalski's horse populations. Many conservation scientists and environmental ethicists are skeptical—either because these tools carry a higher likelihood of mis-use or because they violate deeply held values. Speaking as a proponent of using biotechnology in conservation, Brister identifies values that are shared across the conservation community and argue that these values should motivate conservationists to balance precautionary and proactionary approaches. The essential contribution of biotechnology is its ability to scale up genetic rescue and restoration responses to biodiversity loss.