To help preserve biodiversity they should do is sequence the genomes of every living organism they can. I believe that before the end of this century it’ll be possible to artificially construct the DNA of even complex organisms (they’re already doing it with simple organisms), and so, at some point in the future, it should be possible to take that sequence, built an organism’s DNA, and then grow the organism from that. Since the sequence is just data — the blueprint, as it were — it should be a lot less problematic in terms of preservation and storage than sperm, eggs. seeds, and DNA samples.
To help preserve biodiversity they should do is sequence the genomes of every living organism they can. I believe that before the end of this century it’ll be possible to artificially construct the DNA of even complex organisms (they’re already doing it with simple organisms), and so, at some point in the future, it should be possible to take that sequence, built an organism’s DNA, and then grow the organism from that. Since the sequence is just data — the blueprint, as it were — it should be a lot less problematic in terms of preservation and storage than sperm, eggs. seeds, and DNA samples.