Question

what do u mean by biopiracy ?

Answer 1

the practice of commercially exploiting naturally occurring biochemical or genetic material, especially by obtaining patents that restrict its future use, while failing to pay fair compensation to the community from which it originates.

Answer 2

In order to understand the meaning of biopiracy, one has to know the meaning of biopatient.Patient is the right granted to a person by a government to prevent others from commercial use of his invention. when the patent is granted for biological entities and products derived from them, such patents are called biopatents..

what is Biopiracy??
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The dictionary meaning of piracy is the practice of robbing ships at sea
Biopiracy is theft or robbery of biological entities or their products from a country with patent right.
Exploitation of biological resources or either products without proper authorisation from the concerned country is biopiracy.The purpose behind biopiracy is unlawful high economic gain.The material thus collected is then subjected to product development for use on commercial scale.