Browne Robert K, Luo Qinghua, Wang Pei, Mansour Nabil, Kaurova Svetlana A, Gakhova Edith N, Shishova Natalia V, Uteshev Victor K, Kramarova Ludmila I, Venu Govindappa, Bagaturov Mikhail F, Vaissi Somaye, Heshmatzad Pouria, Janzen Peter, Swegen Aleona, Strand Julie, McGinnity Dale
Sustainability America, Sarteneja, Corozal District, Belize 91011, Belize.
Hunan Engineering Technology Research Center for Amphibian and Reptile Resource Protection and Product Processing, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, China.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Nov 25;14(23):3395. doi: 10.3390/ani14233395.
Primary themes in intergenerational justice are a healthy environment, the perpetuation of Earth's biodiversity, and the sustainable management of the biosphere. However, the current rate of species declines globally, ecosystem collapses driven by accelerating and catastrophic global heating, and a plethora of other threats preclude the ability of habitat protection alone to prevent a cascade of amphibian and other species mass extinctions. Reproduction and advanced biotechnologies, biobanking of germplasm and somatic cells, and conservation breeding programs (RBCs) offer a transformative change in biodiversity management. This change can economically and reliably perpetuate species irrespective of environmental targets and extend to satisfy humanity's future needs as the biosphere expands into space. Currently applied RBCs include the hormonal stimulation of reproduction, the collection and refrigerated storage of sperm and oocytes, sperm cryopreservation, in vitro fertilization, and biobanking of germplasm and somatic cells. The benefits of advanced biotechnologies in development, such as assisted evolution and cloning for species adaptation or restoration, have yet to be fully realized. We broaden our discussion to include genetic management, political and cultural engagement, and future applications, including the extension of the biosphere through humanity's interplanetary and interstellar colonization. The development and application of RBCs raise intriguing ethical, theological, and philosophical issues. We address these themes with amphibian models to introduce the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Special Issue, The Sixth Mass Extinction and Species Sustainability through Reproduction Biotechnologies, Biobanking, and Conservation Breeding Programs.
代际正义的主要主题包括健康的环境、地球生物多样性的延续以及生物圈的可持续管理。然而，当前全球物种减少的速度、加速且灾难性的全球变暖引发的生态系统崩溃以及众多其他威胁，使得仅靠栖息地保护无法防止两栖动物和其他物种的一系列大规模灭绝。生殖和先进生物技术、种质和体细胞的生物样本库以及保护繁育计划为生物多样性管理带来了变革性变化。这种变化能够在经济上可靠地使物种得以延续，而不受环境目标的限制，并随着生物圈向太空扩展以满足人类未来的需求。目前应用的保护繁育计划包括通过激素刺激生殖、收集和冷藏精子与卵母细胞、精子冷冻保存、体外受精以及种质和体细胞的生物样本库。先进生物技术在物种发展方面的益处，如辅助进化和克隆以实现物种适应或恢复，尚未得到充分认识。我们将讨论范围扩大到包括基因管理、政治和文化参与以及未来应用，包括通过人类的星际和星系殖民来扩展生物圈。保护繁育计划的发展和应用引发了有趣的伦理、神学和哲学问题。我们以两栖动物模型来探讨这些主题，以介绍多学科数字出版研究所特刊《第六次物种大灭绝与通过生殖生物技术、生物样本库和保护繁育计划实现的物种可持续性》。
