Indigenous peoples and local communities as partners in the sequencing of global eukaryotic biodiversity.

ABSTRACT: The aim to sequence, catalog, and characterize the genomes of all of Earth's eukaryotic biodiversity is the shared mission of many ongoing large-scale biodiversity genomics initiatives. Reference genomes of global flora and fauna have the potential to inform a broad range of major issues facing both biodiversity and humanity, such as the impact of climate change, the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems, public health crises, and the preservation and enhancement of ecosystem services. Biodiversity is dramatically declining: 28% of species being assessed by the IUCN are threatened with extinction, and recent reports suggest that a transformative change is needed to conserve and protect what remains. To provide a collective and global genomic response to the biodiversity crisis,

SUBMITTER: Mc Cartney AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11062294 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature