section_path: Advantages of de-extinction
section_name: Advantages of de-extinction
paragraph_text: Advantages of de-extinction
  
  The technologies being developed for de-extinction could lead to large advances in various fields:
  
  Prioritising de-extinction could lead to the improvement of current conservation strategies. Conservation measures would initially be necessary in order to reintroduce a species into the ecosystem, until the revived population can sustain itself in the wild. Reintroduction of an extinct species could also help improve ecosystems that had been destroyed by human development. It may also be argued that reviving species driven to extinction by humans is an ethical obligation.