Ann Pace joins the podcast to discuss the work of Wise Ancestors. We explore how biobanking could help humanity recover from global catastrophes, how to conduct decentralized science, and how to collaborate with local communities on conservation efforts.

You can learn more about Ann's work here.

Timestamps:

00:00 What is Wise Ancestors?

04:27 Recovering after catastrophes

11:40 Decentralized science

18:28 Upfront benefit-sharing

26:30 Local communities

32:44 Recreating optimal environments

38:57 Cross-cultural collaboration

Image credits: 

"Cowpea seed germplasm" by IITA Image Library is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

"Breeder checks on the health status of conserved maize germplasm" by IITA Image Library is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

"Global Seed Vault" by the tinz is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

"CIAT beans shipped to Svalbard Global Seed Vault" by Global Crop Diversity Trust is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

"India Deposit to the Seed Vault" by Global Crop Diversity Trust is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

"Genebank5 (4331068942)" by Neil Palmer for CIAT is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

"NP Bean Diversity at the CIAT genebank1" by CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

"Genetic resources 2" by Neil Palmer for CIAT is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

"Svalbard Global Seed Vault" by Frode Bjorshol is licensed under CC BY 2.0.