We can extract eDNA from a body of water to determine which animals and microbes live in and around it. Image credit: Seacrest Group
eDNA analysis can help assess ecosystem biodiversity or detect threats to human and animal health like toxic algal blooms and influenza H5N1. Image credit: Maxime Dore on Unsplash
Analysis of water that is from agricultural or livestock farming runoff can improve food security by quickly identifying plant and animal pathogens. Image credit: Stijn te Strake on Unsplash
eDNA analysis that is based upon a community’s priorities can help empower them to take appropriate action to preserve traditional ways of life (e.g. subsistence harvest). Image credit: @jasonsching on Instagram
Wastewater-based monitoring is a non-invasive, equitable and relatively low-cost method to detect pathogens. Image credit: Cleantech Water
“Implementing environmental DNA and RNA (eDNA) monitoring as a tool to enhance the health of communities, ecosystems and our food supply”
This site aims to integrate Canadian eDNA (and eRNA) projects, resources and protocols.
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We acknowledge that this program’s work unfolds across the unceded traditional territories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples, from coast to coast to coast. We honour their enduring relationships with land, water, and all life. Our work will be informed by active consultations with Indigenous communities. We further accept the programs’s responsibilities to uphold Indigenous rights, move forward with Reconciliation, form respectful partnerships, and ensure our work supports the well-being of present and future generations.
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