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  2. Bioprospecting (also known as biodiversity prospecting) is the exploration of natural sources for small molecules, macromolecules and biochemical and genetic information that could be developed into commercially valuable products for the agricultural, aquaculture, bioremediation, cosmetics, nanotechnology, or pharmaceutical industries.

  3. Jan 23, 2016 · Biodiversity prospecting, or bioprospecting, is the exploration of biodiversity and biochemicals with the intention of developing and commercializing products. However, not all investigations on biodiversity are considered bioprospecting, e.g., academic research, although these may have commercial applications in the future.

    • Sumer Pal Singh, Anju M. Singh
    • 2015
  4. May 1, 1993 · Synopsis. Argues that biodiversity prospecting ventures won't succeed if they don't promote sustainable development. Focus on three institutional elements that will ultimately determine the course of this industry: organizations, contracts, national legislation.

  5. May 1, 2011 · Bioprospecting is the exploration of biodiversity for new resources of social and commercial value. It is carried out by a wide range of established industries such as pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and agriculture as well as a wide range of comparatively new ones such as aquaculture, bioremediation, biomining, biomimetic engineering and ...

    • Andrew J. Beattie, Mark Hay, Bill Magnusson, Rocky de Nys, James Smeathers, Julian F. V. Vincent
    • 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02170.x
    • 2011
    • 2011/05/05
  6. Dec 7, 2022 · Biodiversity drives ecological and environmental processes, so its decline across the globe threatens the vital ecosystem services that all life relies upon 1. The conservation of biodiversity is...

  7. Oct 12, 2011 · Bioprospecting is the exploration of biological material for commercially valuable genetic. and biochemical properties (Reid et al., 1993). This chapter will focus on the search...

  8. to be called biodiversity prospecting or bioprospecting (Reid et al 1993). Although the unfortunate term suggests a new form of biocolonial appropriation, with all its attendant controversy, it has, nevertheless, become the most-used term for these transactions. The commercial collecting of biological species is certainly not new, but their

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