India has successfully defended its traditional knowledge of turmeric from biopiracy, a practice of patenting indigenous resources without proper consent or compensation. The country has created a digital library of its ancient medicinal wisdom, called the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), which has helped invalidate hundreds of foreign patents on turmeric and other herbs. #Turmeric #Biopiracy #TKDL #India

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/01/1197321273/turmeric-india-biopiracy-patent-tkdl?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

#20yrsago #Biopiracy: a new colonialism https://web.archive.org/web/20030625011109/http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16057

#20yrsago #EdFelten explains why “black box” DRM tech is bad for society https://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/001359.php

#20yrsago Encrypted AIM https://web.archive.org/web/20030801072150/http://enterprise.aim.com/products/aim/personalcerts/

#15yrsago Virgin Media UK working with record industry to spy on and threaten downloaders https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/virgin-warns-illegal-downloaders-stop-or-face-prosecution-842086.html

#15yrsago Broadcasters fight hard against public use of blank #spectrum https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2008/06/if-white-spaces-fail-we-dont-have-that-many-chances-left/

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#20yrsago Revolution is Not an #AOL Keyword https://web.archive.org/web/20030322155720/http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/biplog/archive/000748.html

#20yrsago United Way will provide cheap #WiFi and PCs to poor people in Philly https://web.archive.org/web/20050316131603/www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7404562

#20yrsago Indigineous prior-art database to fight #biopiracy https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2858253.stm

#20yrsago Disney parks are #NoFlyXones https://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/03/18/airspace.restrictions/

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(3/3)
1. Biopiracy is deeply intertwined in the process(es) of colonization

2. It is generally accompanied by a reductionist and often Eurocentric mentality

3. It is typically done for the purpose of accruing capital and accordingly takes the form of capitalist exploitation

#biopiracy #colonization #capitalism #labor #piracy #nature

(2/3) #Biopiracy, in a nutshell, is when corporations or other private actors claim ownership of natural resources and/or the ways in which they are utilized.

Vandana Shiva offers several key revelations about biopiracy which help flesh out this basic definition:

(1/3) The term #biopiracy—which is said to have been coined in the early 1990s by Canadian environmentalist Pat Roy Mooney—has grown popular with some help from the renowned environmental activist Vandana Shiva

Psychedelics are more popular than ever - but the industry may be tangibly harming Indigenous communities.

Check out my latest for #science reporting for The Daily Beast
to learn about #psychedelics, #biopiracy, and #patents.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/psychedelics-are-surging-at-the-expense-of-indigenous-communities

Discoveries based on traditional #Indigenous knowledge or the wealth of #biodiversity in developing countries can end up being exported and patented without proper credit or compensation, in what's colorfully known as #biopiracy. https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-biopiracy/a-62172855 intellectual #property #rights #culture #IP Kakadu plum #COP15

Kenya bans 'biopiracy' export of lucrative baobabs
#Baobab #Biopiracy #Kenya #Biodiversity #Environment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63716286

"The #Kenya Forest Service KFS said it allowed the uprooting of the #baobab trees because the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists them as an #endangered species."

This makes little sense ...
It is not listed by the #IUCN (yet) -
(The article might just have a factual mistake?)

Regardless, it s unbelievable that the #Kenya agencies allow the sell-out of 500 year old trees for petty money.
#Biopiracy

https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/kilifi/firm-gets-greenlight-to-uproot-and-export-kilifi-baobab-to-georgia-4024818

@plants #plantscience #botany #trees

#Biopiracy? #Environmentalists confront plundering of #baobab #trees in #Kilifi

https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/kilifi/biopiracy-environmentalists-confront-plundering-of-baobab-trees-in-kilifi-3982114

Campaigners allege ‘#biopiracy’ over export of Kenyan #baobabs

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/24/kenya-baobab-trees-uprooting-export-environmental-groups

#Kenya #Kilifi #Baobab #Botany #plantscience @plants