Conservation genetics is a growing field, so there are many different opportunities to become a conservation geneticist if you have the proper skills. Acquiring a position with a post-secondary institution allows you to conduct research and fieldwork with the support of that institution. Various conservation organizations, such as Greenpeace and the WWF, may hire conservation geneticists to protect endangered species or other vulnerable plants and animals. Other geneticists working with governments or schools may work on engineering plant or animal genes in order to protect them from certain diseases or climate change. Some conservation geneticists have qualifications in epigenetics, which studies how genes interact with an environment.