School of Life & Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Nat Rev Genet. 2024 May;25(5):362-373. doi: 10.1038/s41576-023-00671-0. Epub 2023 Nov 27.
A key action of the new Global Biodiversity Framework is the maintenance of genetic diversity in all species to safeguard their adaptive potential. To achieve this goal, a translational mindset, which aims to convert results of basic research into direct practical benefits, needs to be applied to biodiversity conservation. Despite much discussion on the value of genomics to conservation, a disconnect between those generating genomic resources and those applying it to biodiversity management remains. As global efforts to generate reference genomes for non-model species increase, investment into practical biodiversity applications is critically important. Applications such as understanding population and multispecies diversity and longitudinal monitoring need support alongside education for policymakers on integrating the data into evidence-based decisions. Without such investment, the opportunity to revolutionize global biodiversity conservation using genomics will not be fully realized.
新的全球生物多样性框架的一项关键行动是维护所有物种的遗传多样性，以保障它们的适应潜力。为了实现这一目标，需要将转化思维应用于生物多样性保护，这种思维旨在将基础研究的成果转化为直接的实际效益。尽管人们对基因组学在保护方面的价值进行了大量讨论，但在生成基因组资源的人和将其应用于生物多样性管理的人之间仍然存在脱节。随着为非模式物种生成参考基因组的全球努力的增加，对实际生物多样性应用的投资至关重要。需要支持理解种群和多物种多样性以及纵向监测等应用，并为决策者提供将数据纳入基于证据的决策方面的教育。如果没有这样的投资，利用基因组学彻底改变全球生物多样性保护的机会将无法充分实现。
