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Agri-biotech in sub-Saharan Africa: Facts and figures
Dominic Glover outlines the status of agricultural biotechnology research, development and commercialisation in sub-Saharan Africa.
FEATURE | 5 June 2007 | EN
Banking on bioprospecting in Costa Rica
Costa Rica's top biodiversity research centre aims to beat its financial problems by sharing in profits from drugs based on chemicals it discovers in local species, reports Rex Dalton.
FEATURE | 1 June 2006 | EN
Is Brazil beating biopiracy or biodiversity research?
Michael Astor reports that Brazil's attempts to prevent the exploitation of its Amazonian flora and fauna is stifling important biodiversity research.
Protecting Panama's medicinal treasure trove
Tina Butler reports on an initiative in Panama that aims to protect biodiversity and build local capacity to research and develop drugs from species found there.
FEATURE | 21 April 2005 | EN
Bioprospecting charges take their toll on Mexican research
US researchers have been forced to abandon their work on studying indigenous plant varieties in Southern Mexico, despite innovative efforts — including theatre — to involve the local community in their work.
FEATURE | 22 January 2003 | EN
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