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Biopiracy

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Noun

1. biopiracy

biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use

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Biopiracy

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

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Biopiracy

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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.

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