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    • Battling 'biopiracy', scientists catalog the Amazon's genetic wealth
      20 Dec 2018—reuters.com
      TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In a bid to stop “biopiracy”, researchers are building a giant database to catalog genetic material from the world’s largest rainforest. From the rubber in car tires, to cosmetics and medicines, genetic material contained in the Amazon region has contributed to discoveries worth billions of dollars. Communities living there, however, have rarely benefited from the genetic wealth extracted from their land - a form of theft that legal experts call...

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