Abstract

This analysis maps the key challenges posed by de-extinction to nature conservation law. The aim is to start a conversation about how such challenges should be framed and addressed if ongoing de-extinction projects in the United States of America (US) and the European Union (EU), the two jurisdictions examined, are successful. The analysis commences by providing a brief overview of existing debates in the conservation literature on the legal and ethical issues posed by de-extinction within the animal context. The article then proceeds to highlight two challenges animals created via de-extinction (de-extinctees) will likely pose for nature conservation law, namely: (1) to what extent taxonomies or definitions of ‘species’, and the methods for classifying these species under existing conservation frameworks, will be challenged by de-extinction; and (2) how existing conservation law frameworks in the US and the EU would likely apply to de-extinctees, and whether de-extinctees would be protected under these frameworks. It concludes by posing the broader question of whether and to what extent the law should facilitate de-extinction attempts in the same way that it has done for nature conservation.

中文翻译：

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灭绝，监管和自然保护

摘要

该分析描绘了灭绝对自然保护法构成的主要挑战。目的是就如果审查的两个司法管辖区美利坚合众国（US）和欧洲联盟（EU）正在进行的灭绝项目取得成功，就如何应对和应对这些挑战展开对话。该分析首先简要概述了保护文献中有关在动物环境中灭绝构成的法律和道德问题的现有辩论。然后，文章着重强调了通过灭绝（灭绝）产生的动物可能对自然保护法造成的两个挑战，即：（1）分类法或“物种”的定义以及对这些物种进行分类的方法在现有的保护框架下，将面临灭绝的挑战；（2）美国和欧盟现有的保护法框架将如何适用于灭绝灭绝事件，以及灭绝灭绝事件是否将在这些框架下得到保护。最后，提出了一个更广泛的问题，即法律是否应以与自然保护相同的方式促进灭绝尝试。