MCQ
Bioprospecting includes:
  • A
    Preserving knowledge of indigenous forms by activists.
  • B
    Exploitative appreciation of indigenous forms of knowledge by commercial actors.
  • C
    Exploitative appreciation of indigenous forms of knowledge by naturalists.
  • D
    Exploitative appreciation of foreign knowledge by commercial actors.

Answer

B.  Exploitative appreciation of indigenous forms of knowledge by commercial actors.
Explanation:
Bioprospecting is the process of discovery and commercialization of new products based on biological resources. Despite indigenous knowledge being intuitively helpful, bioprospecting has only recently begun to incorporate such knowledge in focusing screening efforts for bioactive compounds.
Bioprospecting may involve biopiracy, the exploitative appropriation of indigenous forms of knowledge by commercial actors, and also includes the search for previously unknown compounds in organisms that have never been used in traditional medicine before.

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