00:09The WWF has found that an average of 73% of wildlife populations have declined since 1970.
00:17This is not just an environmental concern, it's actually an economic concern that risks so much of how we live.
00:33These are very dependent on humans going out into the field.
00:37It's slow, it's expensive, but it's also actually incredibly subjective.
00:50Every living organism will shed DNA into its environment, through its skin cells, saliva, anything else that it leaves behind.
01:03You've just taken a bottle of water out of a river, it takes a fraction of the time, a fraction
01:09of the cost.
01:10From that litre of river water, we will then be able to map back each of those traces of DNA
01:16back to the fish, the amphibians, the mammals, the insects, etc. that they started from.
01:26We wanted to make sure that the sample collection process was simple enough for a five-year-old to do,
01:31so we tested it on a five-year-old.
01:34She got excellent results.
01:40We hit 10% of the planet surveyed using environmental DNA, so a huge amount of our work has been
01:48spent with the conservation sector,
01:50but we also work with industries that are trying to minimise the negative impact that they're having through their activities.
01:56So, for example, mining.
01:57But more recently, in the last 10 to two years, we've seen a huge amount of interest from agricultural supply
02:02chain.
02:08Having someone like the Earthshot Prize, where you know they have done the due diligence, they've done the work,
02:13and being able to say, you know, we're supported by them, they trust our technology, let's get it out there,
02:19it really opens a lot of doors.
02:21The conversation is not, what is your technology?
02:24Does it actually work?
02:26How does it work?
02:27And much more, what can we achieve together?
02:30What does the data inform?
02:32How might the data change the way that we are operating?
02:39We want nature to be on balance sheet.
02:42We want organisations and companies to be actually valuing the impact they're having on nature.
02:49That is the goal.
02:50We're looking to give nature a spot in the boardroom.
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