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</script>The severity of the biodiversity crisis requires bold actions. A singularly cautionary response to new technologies is not appropriate if the world intends to revert biodiversity loss and avoid further extinctions. The journal Conservation Science and Practice recently released its special issue announcing the Intended Consequences Initiative, which calls for rebalancing the risk-benefit equation when…