Harnessing biodiversity: the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Biopiracy – the use of a people’s long-established medical knowledge without acknowledgement or compensation – has been a disturbing historical reality and exacerbates the global rich-poor divide. Bioprospecting, however, describes t...

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Main Authors: Heys Jennifer, Masum Hassan, Puri Manveen, Singer Peter A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC International Health and Human Rights
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/10/S1/S9