The Amphibian Ark: hope in an era of extinction

两栖方舟：灭绝时代的希望

• 批准号: DE140100918
• 负责人: A/Prof Eben Kirksey
• 金额: $ 27.25万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE140100918
• 关键词: Amphibian; Ark; hope; era; extinction

A fungal disease is driving hundreds of frog species to extinction. Conservationists are saving species in The Amphibian Ark, a transnational network of biosecure holding tanks and cryogenic banks of frozen tissue. This project will explore the political, economic and cultural forces driving the selection of certain endangered species to live in this twenty-first century Ark. The methods of multispecies ethnography will be used to follow frogs and their fungal pathogens through the Ark, from scientific laboratories and zoos to recreated semi-wild ecosystems. Findings from this research will advance interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities about extinction, redemption and survival.

一种真菌疾病正在使数百种青蛙濒临灭绝。环保人士正在“两栖动物方舟”（The Amphibian Ark）中拯救物种。“两栖动物方舟”是一个由生物安全储存罐和冷冻组织低温库组成的跨国网络。这个项目将探索政治、经济和文化的力量，这些力量驱使着某些濒危物种选择在21世纪的方舟中生活。多物种人种学的方法将用于跟踪青蛙和它们的真菌病原体通过方舟，从科学实验室和动物园到重建的半野生生态系统。这项研究的结果将推动关于灭绝、救赎和生存的人文学科的跨学科研究。