The Initiative has as its main objective to prevent misuse and illegal use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, and strengthen national and regional capacities to prevent biopiracy through collaboration and networking activities. This inlcudes effective implementation of policies and laws in relation to ABS and protection of TK.
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Biopiracy
Over the past few years, resources like ayahuasca, maca, quinoa and related traditional knowledge related to them, have become part of inventions which are protected by patents or other intellectual property rights, with no recognition to their origin. It is this misappropriation or illegal access to these resources and knowledge which the concept of “biopiracy” seeks to describe.
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