MERCANTILIZACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD: la actividad de bioprospección del INBio en Costa Rica
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El presente artículo hace un análisis de la actividad de bioprospección realizada por la institución privada denominada Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) en Costa Rica: su nacimiento, actividades y situación actual. Este análisis hace énfasis en cómo percibimos que este negocio de la bioprospección ha sido realizado sin mayor control público pese a que la riqueza genética del país, ha sido el objeto de los contratos pactados entre el INBio y empresas transnacionales, avalados todos por los ministros de ambiente de turno. La percepción e impactos en un Pueblo Indígena es parte del análisis y de igual forma, analizamos la bioprospección en forma general y cómo el marco jurídico actual se convierte en un elemento más en la cosificación de la biodiversidad.
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This article makes an analysis of the bioprospecting activity done by the private institution call National Institute on Biodiversity (INBio) in Costa Rica: beginning, activities and current situation. This analysis is focus in how we perceive this business of the bioprospecting made with no public controls despite that the genetic resources were the object of the contracts between INBio and the transnationals companies. All these contracts have the support of all the environment ministries of the diferents governments. The perception and impacts in an Indigenous People is part of the analysis and also, we analize in a general way, the bioprospecting and how the legal framework is another element that helps in the cosification of biodiversity.
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