Comment: Evolution 2.0—Rewriting the Biosphere
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Abstract The chapters in this section deal with rather diverse topics like gene drives and de-extinction, the resurrection of heath hen, cultured meat (dis)enhancement domesticated anmals, but they all explicitly or implicitly engage ecomodernism. I have chosen various ways which authors confront ecomodernist views as red thread my commentary.
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عنوان ژورنال: The international library of environmental, agricultural and food ethics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2215-1737', '1570-3010']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63523-7_31