The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency is supporting research into ways biotechnology might help wildlife respond to climate change and disease, The Guardian reports. Projects include work involving ash trees, newts and butterflies.
The programme supports experimental research. Proposed interventions should not be confused with widely approved or already deployed conservation treatments.
Research with an ecological purpose
The first group of teams is sharing an initial £30 million within a larger accelerated-adaptation programme. Proposed work includes approaches involving ash trees, newts, butterflies and pollinators. These are research projects, not established conservation treatments. Their eventual usefulness will depend on evidence about effectiveness, ecological consequences and practical deployment.
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