biopiracy

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B0267650 (bī′ō-pī′rə-sē)n. The commercial development of biological compounds or genetic sequences by a technologically advanced country or organization without obtaining consent from or providing fair compensation to the peoples or nations in whose territory the materials were discovered.

bi′o·pi′rate (bī′ō-pī′rĭt) n.

biopiracy

(ˈbaɪəʊˌpaɪrəsɪ) n (Pharmacology) the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken

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Noun

biopiracy - biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own uselarceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

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biopiracy

(bī′ō-pī′rə-sē)n. The commercial development of biological compounds or genetic sequences by a technologically advanced country or organization without obtaining consent from or providing fair compensation to the peoples or nations in whose territory the materials were discovered.

bi′o·pi′rate (bī′ō-pī′rĭt) n.

(1) The patenting of plants, genes, and other biological products that are indigenous to another country
(2) The unauthorised commandeering by wealthy nations or companies of biologically ‘interesting’ molecules—e.g., extremozymes, conotoxins, and others—from cash-poor, biodiversity-rich regions—e.g., Brazil—usually those lacking the financial resources to develop products or the legal resources to stop gene theft

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The use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken.

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