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Genetic Intelligence for Biodiversity: Building Better Metrics for Global Monitoring

Location: Small Room

Organizers: Instituto Tecnologico Vale

Achieving global biodiversity goals requires more than ambition. It requires credible, scalable and decision-useful evidence of how nature is changing. Genetic tools, including DNA-based monitoring and molecular biodiversity assessment, are expanding our ability to detect species, understand ecological change and generate robust data across terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. This interactive fishbowl session will explore how genetic information can strengthen biodiversity metrics, complement conventional monitoring approaches and support progress towards global biodiversity targets.

Fishbowl format

Firestarters: Alexandre Aleixo, ITV; Pippa Howard, Nature Metrics; Wise Ancestors (to be confirmed)

  • Alexandre Aleixo

    Principal Investigator of the Environmental Genomics group at Vale Institute of Technology (ITV)

  • Pippa Howard

    Chief Nature Strategist at Nature Metrics

  • Kyle Copas

    Science Communications and Diplomacy at GBIF