The 2019 United Nations Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services estimated that approximately 1 million species are at risk of extinction. This primarily human-driven loss of biodiversity has unprecedented negative consequences for ecosystems and people. Classic and emerging approaches in genetics and genomics have the potential to dramatically improve these outcomes. In particular, the study of interactions among genetic loci within and between species will play a critical role in understanding the adaptive potential of species and communities, and hence their direct and indirect effects on biodiversity, ecosystems and people. We explore these population and community genomic contexts in the hope of finding solutions for maintaining and improving ecosystem services and nature’s contributions to people.

2019 年联合国关于生物多样性和生态系统服务的全球评估报告估计，大约有 100 万个物种面临灭绝风险。这种主要由人类驱动的生物多样性丧失对生态系统和人类产生了前所未有的负面影响。遗传学和基因组学中的经典和新兴方法有可能显着改善这些结果。特别是，物种内部和物种间遗传位点之间相互作用的研究将在理解物种和群落的适应潜力以及它们对生物多样性、生态系统和人类的直接和间接影响方面发挥关键作用。我们探索这些人口和社区基因组背景，希望找到维护和改善生态系统服务和自然对人类贡献的解决方案。