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A pressing point raised is the ongoing sixth mass extinction, driven by human activity and exacerbated by climate change. Traditional conservation strategies—such as creating protected areas and wildlife corridors—have been predominantly passive, aimed at preventing destruction rather than actively intervening to restore or enhance species resilience.
The speaker underscores the urgent need to shift from this conservative approach to an interventionist paradigm, employing bioengineering tools to combat threats like habitat fragmentation, invasive species, diseases, and warming waters. The importance of biodiversity abundance and connected habitats is emphasized as vital for planetary health.