Perspective
Apr. 23, 2014
Is the law prepared for de-extinction?
No longer confined to science fiction, the prospect of reviving extinct species - known as "de-extinction" - could present novel challenges for environmental law. By Norman Carlin and Ilan Wurman
No longer confined to science fiction, the prospect of reviving extinct species - known as "de-extinction" - could present novel challenges for environmental law. In fact, de-extinction has already occurred, if only momentarily. In 2009, a Pyrenean ibex (a type of wild goat) was born to a domestic goat from frozen DNA collected from the last ibex on earth before it died in 2000. While the ibex kid lived for just a few mi...
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