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biopiracy

misappropriation and monopolization of knowledge and resources from traditional communities
Class type of: bioprospecting, smuggling Q864679

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
wrongdoing, copyright infringement[2]
Subclass of
bioprospecting, smuggling[3][4]
Has use
illicit trade, espionage, technology transfer[5][6][7]
Afflicts
Traditional peoples in Brazil[8]
Described by source
Encyclopedia of Global Justice[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en biopiracy ar قرصنه بيولوجيه ar قرصنة بيولوجية de Bioprivateering de Bioprivatisierung de Biopiracy de Biopiraterie es biopiratería fa دزدی زیستی fr Bio piratage hi जैवपूर्वेक्षण it Biopirateria it Commercializzazione delle medicine tradizionali ja バイオパイラシー ja 科学的植民地支配 nl biopiraterij pl biopiractwo pt biopirataria ru биопиратство uk біопіратство
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bc58p3mt
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
biopiracy
Language Council of Norways termwiki ID
3150
Quora topic ID
Bioprospecting
Topic's main category
Category:Commercialization of traditional medicines

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🔗 Connections
Has use 2
espionage, technology transfer
Instance of 2
copyright infringement, wrongdoing
Subclass of 2
smuggling, bioprospecting
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Summary

biopiracy is a wrongdoing[1].

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). biopiracy. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/biopiracy
MLA “biopiracy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/biopiracy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_biopiracy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{biopiracy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/biopiracy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}}
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