Biopiracy
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Q. Biopiracy refers to
- The unauthorized extraction of biological resources
- Patenting without compensation
- Spurious ‘inventions’
- All of these
Q. An American company got patent rights through the US Patent and Trademark Office by claiming the creation of a new variety of Basmati by
- Cross breeding Indian and American basmati varieties
- Cross breeding Indian basmati with semi-dwarf varieties
- Genetically modifying Indian basmati variety
- Genetically modifying American basmati variety
Q. Biopiracy is
- Governing research on GMO’s
- monitoring GMO’s
- use of bio resources without proper authorization
- Commercial production of GMO’s
Q. The illegal and unlawful development of biomaterials without payment to the inhabitants of their origin is called
- Biotechnology
- Bio-war
- Biopatent
- Biopiracy
Q.
Biopiracy is related to which of the following?
Traditional knowledge
All of the above
Biomolecules and regarding bioresources
Bioresources
Q. Use of bioresources by multinational companies and other organisations without proper authorisation from the countries and its people is called
- bio infringement
- biopiracy
- biodegradation
- bio exploitation
Q. Use of bioresources by multinational companies and organisation without authorisation from the concerned country and its people is called
- biodegradation
- biopiracy
- bio-infringement
- bioexploitation
Q.
The method of biopiracy is _________.
- Illegal collection of biological sample
- Legal collection of biological sample
- Biopatent
- None of the above
Q. What is meaning of biopiracy? Give few examples
Q. Biopiracy should be prevented. State why and how.