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Definition of Biopiracy
1. Noun. Biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use.
Definition of Biopiracy
1. Noun. (pejorative) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biopiracy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Biopiracy
Literary usage of Biopiracy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seeding Solutions by Crucible II Group, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2000)
"biopiracy: fact or fiction? Some people are concerned that the expanded scope of
IPRs and their extension to biological materials enables institutions or ..."
2. Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A Guide for Researchers by Louise Grenier (1998)
"... of affairs an "exploitive asymmetry," "the West's new frontier," and "biopiracy."
Developing countries have strongly argued that multinationals from the ..."
3. Investing in Biological Diversity: The Cairns Conference : Proceedings of by OECD Staff (1997)
"World Resources Institute, Washington, DC KATE, K. (1995), biopiracy or Green
Petroleum? Expectations & Best Practice in Bioprospecting. 61 p. ..."
4. Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge by Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort, Wim Hiemstra (1996)
"Often, such claims rest not only on materials originating in developing countries
but also on research conducted there (Box 8.2). The word, biopiracy, has ..."
5. Agricultural R&d in the Developing World: Too Little, Too Late? by Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, Roley Piggott (2006)
"Manifestations of these problems include concerns over biopiracy and arrangements
for sharing benefits among those supplying and using new crop varieties, ..."
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