bioprospecting
- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈprɒspɛktɪŋ/
- Specialized
- The search for new medicines often involves bioprospecting in diverse ecosystems.
- bioprospecting contract
- bioprospecting and biodiversity
- sustainable bioprospecting
Examples
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Pharmaceutical companies have contracted for bioprospecting rights in tropical forests.
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To do this, indigenous peoples also must be able to share in the benefits of bioprospecting.
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Thus, bioprospecting will be most competitive where an open, dynamic research environment is created.
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Unless this situation changes, the idea of linking bioprospecting with economic development and conservation cannot be realized.
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One way to generate this kind of intellectual and economic income is through bioprospecting.
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Serious barriers remain to be overcome in order to realize economic and scientific development through bioprospecting.
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Many considerations point toward the need for bioprospecting-based research on these neglected diseases.
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Over the long term, discoveries derived from bioprospecting may help to establish research-based industries in Panama.
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Others have suggested that the anticipated revenue from existing and future bioprospecting contracts provides sufficient incentive to conserve biodiversity.
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One nation's government that has instituted policies to ensure that bioprospecting contributes to sustainable development is Costa Rica.
Academic text (1997)
How Exploitative
- Jargon
- Formal
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
bioprospecting = prospecting (semi-transparent) = bio + prospect + ing
The word is fairly interpretable as 'bio-' plus 'prospecting', but it is a technical term with a specialized scientific and commercial sense.
Etymology
Bioprospecting comes from bio- meaning 'life' and prospect meaning 'to search', like a miner prospecting for gold. So, bioprospecting is searching in nature for useful living things to develop new medicines or products.