Tag: biotechnology and its applications

Biopiracy refers to the unauthorized appropriation of biological resources or traditional knowledge by individuals or corporations.

Biopiracy encompasses the exploitation of traditional knowledge, genetic resources, and biological molecules without fair compensation or permission.

Biopiracy is the term used to refer to the use of bio-resources by multinational companies and other organisations without proper authorisation from the countries and people concerned without compensatory payment. Thus option A is the correct answer.

Biopiracy is the term used to refer to the use of bio-resources by multinational companies and other organisations without proper authorisation from the countries and people concerned without compensatory payment. 

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was instrumental in the spread of rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) from Brazil to other parts of the British Empire.

Both Basmati rice and Neem have been subjects of international patent controversies regarding traditional knowledge and biological resources, which are classic examples of biopiracy.

Cinchona seeds were famously collected from the Andes region of South America, specifically Bolivia and Peru, and introduced to India by the British.

Answer is option A i.e. "British University of Portsmouth"
Thailand's Ministry of Science says that  Portsmouth University is guilty of "biopiracy" because it failed to return the 200 specimens of fungi which could provide a cure for cancer and were collected by Portsmouth University staff on a research trip to Thailand. Biopiracy is unethical,unlawful or commercial exploitation of biological materials that are native to a particular country.

Biopiracy is the term used to refer to the use of bio-resources by multinational companies and other organisations without proper authorisation from the countries and people concerned without compensatory payment. Thus option D is the correct answer.

Piracy is the unauthorized claim of copyrighted content or product or resources. It affects the economy of that country. If there is an unauthorized claim of novelty or patent and invention is called intellectual piracy.