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Little is said about conservationists and their efforts. I think they should have same place as opposite side. Conservationists seek to reduce human impacts on the diversity of the natural world. Concern for nature has a long history, but in its modern form, conservation became a recognizable movement. There is a long-standing tension in the conservation community between those who favor including or excluding from biodiversity elements of the natural world that have been strongly influenced by humans such as forests of fruit trees planted by people or domesticated plants and animals.

The driving concern for conservation is the loss of living diversity, usually expressed in terms of loss of species. Conservationists describe the rise of industrial society as the beginning of an “‘extinction spasm”. They often talk about the importance of conserving not only species and ecosystems but also the evolutionary processes that formed them. Their goal isn't just to retain all current species, but also seeking to maintain the elements from genetics, environment and natural selection that will allow future species to persist and diversify.

There are on-going practical debates between those who argue that conservation is most effectively based on the sustainable use of resources and those who argue for preservation, and between those who argue on behalf of conservation versus those who favor rural poverty alleviation.

Since the establishment of formal conservation organizations at the end of the nineteenth century, the most important conservation strategy has been the creation of protected areas to separate humans from other species.

These are some basics about Conservationists and their movement.
We do not know what impacts synthetic biology will have on biodiversity conservation. There are some who are convinced that the effects will be positive and an equal number that are convinced they will be catastrophic.

Synthetic biology may directly affect species conservation in various ways. Most significantly, it may provide a mechanism for overturning one of the catch phrases of conservation: extinction is forever.