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biopiracy  

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  • Biopiracy is the practice whereby pharmaceutical companies or research scientists collect and remove biological specimens and related indigenous knowledge, without authorization, acknowledgment, and/or due compensation, in order to develop commercial products, such as modern medicines, for profit. The term biopiracy is highly controversial and has emerged as a critique of bioprospecting. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Biopiracy]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WCVG51HV-K

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