Biopiracy is the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, withoutpaying any money to the countries from which they are taken.
We need laws to protect countries against commercial biopiracy of their natural resources.
biopiracy in British English
(ˈbaɪəʊˌpaɪrəsɪ)
noun
the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
Examples of 'biopiracy' in a sentence
biopiracy
It was an example of a new and growing phenomenon -- ` biopiracy '.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002)