The unprecedented loss of global biodiversity is linked to multiple anthropogenic stressors. New conservation technologies are urgently needed to mitigate this loss. The rights, knowledge and perspectives of Indigenous peoples in biodiversity conservation-including the development and application of new technologies-are increasingly recognised. Advances in germplasm cryopreservation and germ cell transplantation (termed 'broodstock surrogacy') techniques offer exciting tools to preserve biodiversity, but their application has been underappreciated. Here, we use teleost fishes as an exemplar group to outline (1) the power of these techniques to preserve genome-wide genetic diversity, (2) the need to apply a conservation genomic lens when selecting individuals for germplasm cryobanking and broodstock surrogacy and (3) the value of considering the cultural significance of these genomic resources. We conclude by discussing the opportunities and challenges of these techniques for conserving biodiversity in threatened teleost fish and beyond.
He nui ngā mahi a te tāngata ka takahi i te taiao, ā, ka tau ngā uauatanga ki te oranga o ngā momo mea e noho ana ki ēnei wāhi, pēnā i ngā ika o ngā awa. Kia kore e ngaro atu ēnei taonga, me whai hangarau hou, ā, me whaiwhakaaro ki ngā tikanga, ngā mātauranga me ngā tirohanga o ngā iwi taketake. Ko tētahi hangarau hou e taea ki te āwhina, ko te ‘germplasm cryopreservation and surrogacy’, he āhuatanga tiaki i te kākano o te ika mō anamata, ā nāwai, nāwai, ka whāngaia mā tētahi atu ika. I roto i tēnei tuhinga ka whakatakoto i te kaha o tēnei momo hangarau ki te tiaki i ngā ira ika, ngā tikanga hei kōwhiri i ngā ika tika, ā, me te take nui o ngā tikanga taketake hei tiaki ia tātou taonga mō ake tonu atu.
Keywords: Galaxias; Mātauranga Māori; assisted reproductive technologies; broodstock surrogacy; germplasm biobanking; sperm.
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