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Thom van Dooren

Thom van Dooren

University of Sydney | University of Oslo

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de-extinction

Ethics in the Field: How far should we go to bring back lost species?

Ethics in the Field: How far should we go to bring back lost species?

Posted on August 4, 2015November 25, 2020Birds and extinction, Extinction and Ethics

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, ...

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Undoing Forever – CBC Ideas

Undoing Forever – CBC Ideas

Posted on June 20, 2014Birds and extinction, Environmental Humanities, Extinction and Ethics

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 ...

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Keeping faith with death: mourning and de-extinction

Keeping faith with death: mourning and de-extinction

Posted on November 2, 2013Extinction and Ethics

This post was written with Deborah Rose. It is the text of a short presentation delivered at “Dangerous Ideas in Zoology,” the 2013 forum of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.

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