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Status and potential of commercial bioprospecting activities in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Quezada, Fernando

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: CEPAL SantiagoCL 2007Description: 68 pAction note:

10/3/07 JOYD

Summary: Explores how bioprospecting relates to traditional and emerging industrial sectors and what obstacles of public policy issues need to be addressed in order to ensure the contributions and long-term viability of firms engaged in this activity. Includes an overview of global commercial bioprospecting activities and highlights key issues and concerns which have arisen in recent years. Focuses on a selected number of LAC countries where commercial bioprospecting activities are currently being carried out or have been active in recent years viz. Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru.

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Explores how bioprospecting relates to traditional and emerging industrial sectors and what obstacles of public policy issues need to be addressed in order to ensure the contributions and long-term viability of firms engaged in this activity. Includes an overview of global commercial bioprospecting activities and highlights key issues and concerns which have arisen in recent years. Focuses on a selected number of LAC countries where commercial bioprospecting activities are currently being carried out or have been active in recent years viz. Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru.

10/3/07 JOYD

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