Translocation, captive breeding, somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning), back-breeding, gene and seed banking—the list goes on. Today, there are a whole range of different technologies and techniques aimed at holding on to, or even resurrecting, species that might already be thought of as “lost” in some significant sense.
Continue reading Ethics in the Field: How far should we go to bring back lost species?
Category: Birds and extinction
Flight Ways on the New Books Network seminar
A great interview on Flight Ways has just been posted on the New Books Network seminar. Thanks so much to Carla Nappi for taking the time to read the book and chat with me.
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Encountering Crows: Living with wildlife in a changing world
I am currently beginning work on a new 3-4 year research project focused on crows around the world. Below are a few excerpts from a recent grant application, stitched together to give a sense of my larger project and research questions. This research is funded by the Humboldt Foundation and the Australian Research Council.
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Care: Some musings on a theme
This short paper was written for a collaborative project that is working to develop a lexicon for the environmental humanities (yet to be published). It was presented at the Affective Habitus conference in Canberra in June 2014 in a panel with Cameron Muir, Eben Kirksey, Emily O’Gorman, Kate Wright, Matthew Kearnes and Tom Bristow (chaired by Deborah Bird Rose).
Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction
My new book, Flight Ways, is now out. You can read more about the book here.
It is available for sale from all of the big online book sellers and even in the odd bookshop.
Undoing Forever – CBC Ideas
I participated in this fascinating radio documentary on de-extinction and the resurrection of extinct species. The program includes a range of scientists and a little bit of historical and philosophical input. It is an engaging listen.
Vulture lovers of the world unite!
Please sign this petition to help protect Europe’s vultures.
