biopiracy

Examples

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• A recent confrontation involving two developed countries, the United States and Australia, illustrates this type of biopiracy.

  Academic text (1997)

• Biopiracy of indigenous peoples has not been limited only to their knowledge of local flora and fauna, however.

  Academic text (1997)

• Both types of exploitation are generally referred to as "biopiracy."

  Academic text (1997)

• Mitigating the threat of biopiracy, however, is the very process itself of natural product drug development.

  Academic text (1997)

• Countries may also be victimized by biopiracy.

  Academic text (1997)

• All indigenous peoples have the right to manage their own biological resources, to preserve their traditional knowledge, and to protect these from exportation and biopiracy.

  Academic text (2001)

• In this critique, bioprospecting for novel drug plants represented "merely a sophisticated form of biopiracy" (Shiva 2007, 308).

  Academic text (2018)

• Monsanto's Bt GMO crops are known to threaten the environment in addition to human health, and India considers Monsanto's unauthorized testing of the crops to be biopiracy.

  Blog text (9)

• India has joined the conglomerate of nations directly opposed to the agricultural corruption brought upon by the bloated biotechnology giant Monsanto, declaring legal action against the corporation for a crime dubbed 'biopiracy.'

  Blog text (9)

• The issue of biopiracy has gained attention as multinational companies patent indigenous plants without proper consent.

Synonyms

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biopirate practice

vsbiopiracy

• Jargon

9.9

Taking plants and genetic material from local communities without permission or payment

focuses on commercial use and patents that restrict traditional use

How Exploitative

theft

356 1.1

biopiracy

• Jargon

1 9.9

misappropriation

• Formal

5 8.6

bioprospecting

• Specialized

1 8.7

commoning

• Specialized

7.9

Surface Forms

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