Biopiracy battle is brewing in U.S., Peru
JUNIN, Peru In a small store on a bleak, wind-swept Andean plateau, Timotea Cordova offers an oxygen-deprived visitor a traditional elixir to ward off the breathless effect of the high altitude.
Source: www.statesman.com
Root raises specter of biopiracy
JUNIN, Peru In a small storefront on a bleak, wind-swept Andean plateau, Timotea Cordova offers an oxygen-deprived visitor a traditional elixir to ward off the breathless effect of the high altitude.
Source: www.insidebayarea.com
Bioprospecting: Who has rights to nature’s cures
Poor nations’ fauna and flora have led to miracle treatments. The result: a growing conflict between native peoples and commercial interests.
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com
Libido-enhancing root in global dispute
Maca growers and indigenous organizations were outraged when, in 2001, a New Jersey-based company, PureWorld Botanicals, received a U.S. patent for exclusive commercial distribution of an extract of maca’s active libido-enhancing compounds that it branded as MacaPure.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
Planet hires former New York Times reporter
The Telluride Daily Planet has hired Pat Healy, a former writer for the New York Times, to be its newest reporter.
Source: www.telluridenews.com
Who owns the maca plant Libido-enhancing root is central in global dispute over bioprospecting
In a small storefront on a bleak, wind-swept Andean plateau, Timotea Cordova offers an oxygen-deprived visitor a traditional elixir to ward off the breathless effect of the high altitude.
Source: www.thetelegram.com
Peruvian root in bioprospecting dispute
A dispute over maca, a root that supposedly boosts libido, is just the latest collision between indigenous people and commercial interests over so-called biological prospecting, the growing practice of scouring the globe for exotic plants, microbes and other living things ripe for commercial exploitation.
Source: www.usatoday.com
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