Question
Write a short note on Biopiracy highlighting the exploitation of developing countries by the developed countries.
✓
Answer
Biopiracy is the term used to refer to the use of bio-resources by multinational companies and other organisations without proper authorisation from the countries and people concerned without compensatory payment. Most of the industrialised nations are rich financially but poor in biodiversity arid traditional knowledge. In contrast the developing and the underdeveloped world is rich in biodiversity and traditional knowledge related to bio-resources. Traditional knowledge related to bio-resources can be exploited to develop modem applications and can also be used to save time, effort and expenditure during their commercialisation.
Need a full question paper?
Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.
Explore more
Similar questions
The diagram given below is that of a intra-uterine contraceptive device. Study the same and then answer the questions that follows:
- Give the name of intra-uterine contraceptive device shown in the diagram.
- What is its mode of action?
Give scientific Reson
Left ventricle is thick than all other chambers of heart.
OR
Left ventricle has thicker wall than the right ventricle.
Left ventricle is thick than all other chambers of heart.
OR
Left ventricle has thicker wall than the right ventricle.
Differentiate between morula and blastocyst as stages in human embryonic development. Which of these stages gets implanted in the uterine wall and about how many days after fertilization?
Sapna's younger brother saw a banana tree in backyard of a house. He could see the fruits but no seeds.
He wanted to know how a new plant will be produced without seed and asked Sapna (a class XII biology student) about it. She explained that some plants can grow without seeds and the phenomenon is called vegetative propagation. Her brother was amazed to know the new concept about plants.
He wanted to know how a new plant will be produced without seed and asked Sapna (a class XII biology student) about it. She explained that some plants can grow without seeds and the phenomenon is called vegetative propagation. Her brother was amazed to know the new concept about plants.
- How does banana produce a new plant? Is this reproduction, sexual or asexual?
- Give examples of some other fruits and vegetables that can reproduce by this method.
- Identify the values shown by Sapna's brother.
Pihu told her sister Pari that even after five years of marriage she is not able to bear a child and have to hear sarcastic remarks of her in-laws that make her depressed. Pari told Pihu that she and her husband should get examined by a doctor. After examination, doctor found no abnormalities in Pihu and her husband except low sperm count and some defects in the erection of penis of her husband.
- What are the possible causes of low sperm counts?
- What is the use of erection of penis?
- What are the possible treatments?
- Mention the values shown by Pari.
Why t-RNA is called as adapter molecule?
Explain any three important characteristics of population.
Give the names of the hormones released by neurohypophysis.
A boy shows excessive thirst and micturition because of deficiency of a hormone secreted by neurohypophysis. Name the disease he is suffering from.
A boy shows excessive thirst and micturition because of deficiency of a hormone secreted by neurohypophysis. Name the disease he is suffering from.
If implementation of better techniques and new strategies are required to provide more efficient care and assistance to people, then why is there a statutory ban on amniocentesis? Write the use of this technique and give reason to justify the ban.
Identify by giving reasons, the salient features of genetic code by studying the following nucleotide sequence of mRNA strand and the polypeptide translated from it.
(AUG UUU UCU UUU UUU UCU UAG) (Met - Phe - Ser - Phe - Phe - Ser)
(AUG UUU UCU UUU UUU UCU UAG) (Met - Phe - Ser - Phe - Phe - Ser)