Biopiracy: How companies are buying up nature

[@CuriousMisterG]

I hate the restrictions put on us as people in order to grow food. Copyrights and patents have ruined so many things.

[@Foucault123]

But if the companies don’t have the incentive they may not make the technologies in the first place.

[@DoozyyTV]

Patents can be annoying, but they're necessary.

[@mihiec]

@@Foucault123 not true. We don't need them. Thats real man. And anyway there are people who will develop kne technologies just because of love of knowledge.

[@intrusivethoughts3601]

@@DoozyyTV patenting nature is illegal

[@DanielSann]

@@mihiec Maybe for simple things like a gadget, but not for special crops/vaccines/medicines ecc companies invest billions, no shot they would spend 1 cent if they are not even guaranteed they can exploit their invention.

[@visi9856]

I am from Rajasthan, and Neem is a very important tree in my culture. We have folk songs dedicated to it. We traditionally use it for brushing. We use its oil as a fungicide. We use dried neem leaves for storing grains. We use Neem bark for medicines and we use neem fruit for food during Famines.

[@BenjaminDLopez]

What do you brush with it?

[@ajinkya3780]

@@BenjaminDLopez to brush the teeth

[@fishyvlogs1955]

@@BenjaminDLopez the little branches from the neem tree is used as tooth brushes because of it's anti bacterial properties and yes no toothpaste are needed in that case it's just a traditional method and all people are used to it

[@Pawar-jy5oh]

@@BenjaminDLopez nothing else is required.

[@mabeldelrey7741]

Thanks for your info. I didn't know it is safe to be eaten. We just use neem leaves (burning them fresh from the tree) as a way to drive mosquitoes away. Fresh cause what we need is their smoke.

[@sangmosaysfreetibet]

Really interesting topic. I think a lot of traditional medical systems are disregarded as " placebo medicine" but then pharmaceutical companies use that same knowledge under the guise of "bioprospecting"... the double standard 👀

[@readyforknowing3009]

So true

[@curlyhairdudeify]

They also do it to destroy the trust of natural remedies.... "Hey, buy our pills because they work".

[@bryanst.martin7134]

Food is medicine. Don't eat too much. Pharmacy is derived from Greek terms similar to snake oil salesman. Starvation will kill more ailments than man's medicine will ever do. Take proper vitamins, let acrophagea do it's job, eliminating everything unnecessary to the body. You will lose muscle if you don't stay active, but your body is smart, let it eat cancer, tumors, warts, and anything else not needed. Fast often. 2-4 days. Lean is what will keep you alive. Don't live to eat! Losing weight? Good, if you are not thin. Pay attention, eat beef. Fatty, grass fed Beef. Grass fed free range chickens too.

[@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies]

Nah. If there is evidence to suggest that a traditional medicine works any better than placebo, someone will sell it as such and make money doing so. They will also research ways to create new compounds from the traditional medicine, like how we made aspirin from salicin, from the bark of a willow tree. Salicyllic acid is still sold in vast quantities for its medicinal properties - they are proven so people are making money from them.

[@ReasonsWhy1]

There's no double standard. People eating cinnamon to cure cancer and a pharma company leading expeditions to research into new plants is very different.

[@5daboz]

I think that bioimperialism would be more appropriate. Piracy implies, that you are taking from someone richer than you, but this is more about wielding power over other's actions, how we understand nature as something that is owned and that has to be owned in order for it to have any kind of a value. Imperialism, how to cultivate (exploit) what is savage.

[@ClaLu]

They are, they are taking from Nature...

[@Healitnow]

If you are not intellegent enough to comment on the story and have to pick on typos or word you consider incorrect, why do you just not comment. You have added nothing of value at all!

[@nobody7220]

@@Healitnow nither have you

[@5daboz]

@@Healitnow Acting or lying?

[@Oscar4u69]

@@Healitnow you aren't intelligent enough to comprehend the comment you're criticizing. he (Aljaž) made a really good and logic point, while you only came to insult, if you have nothing constructive to say you should't comment at all

[@XxXenosxX]

Nature belongs to all.

[@favb7931]

And nobody

[@CEarthling]

Including Animals.

[@Sondergarden]

Nature belongs to those that seize the most of it

[@bremcurt9514]

@@Sondergarden capitalism be like:

[@DV-dt9sq]

@@favb7931 : To ALL. Nobody has a right to own it.

[@bruce-le-smith]

This has been a problem on the Canadian prairies for many decades, with large corporations creating problems for local farmers. As one example, the Canadian Organic Growers (COG) in Ottawa has been advocating for ethical use of nature in Canada for over 30 years now. I think the Center for Food Safety in Washington DC has been doing the same in the US. On top of this farm and food safety work there's still a lot reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples work to be done too.

[@leedza]

What's worse for me is when natural remedies are discounted as having insufficient evidence for efficacy in treating conditions only because the companies cannot isolate compounds or extracts to exploit.

[@mikimiki1634]

I can relate. Dandelion oil extract cured my uncles blindness

[@leedza]

@@mikimiki1634 I know from experience, I found my own natural treatment for psoriasis. If you look up the plants I use on the internet, the research is inconclusive, thus relegated to unscientifically proven folk medicine.

[@Roonlovesfish3874]

Let's not get too carried away. While for some things it may work and even if it doesn't, your life won't be threatened. On the other hand, depending on 'natural products' can cost people their lives. So, it is not wise to be all up against companies

[@mikimiki1634]

@@Roonlovesfish3874 b-but m-my uncle cured his blindness with folk medicine

[@kitxxxxxxx]

When they can though, they ban supplements. So its better to let them thinks it does nothing and just see naturopaths when you want natural medicine

[@carpo719]

This is what is happening right now with psychedelics as they become more accepted. Unfortunately pharmaceutical companies will always try to dominate the market. I believe in abolishing intellectual property and patents, because it's not true that Innovation would suffer. Innovation is stifled by having them. Because people are afraid to invent new things and be sued

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

Copyright restrictions have basically Enslaved the agricultural industry, many farmers aren't allowed to keep any extra seeds for replanting the following year forcing them to buy more seeds from the very same people taking them. The inventor of the seed should only get a percentage of profits from the farmer.

[@arnowisp6244]

Tell that to GMO groupies

[@superskrub4209]

Why don't they just use non-copyrighted seeds instead?

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Does Copyright control everything that we see nowadays? Ooh..

[@renderproductions1032]

@@superskrub4209 non-copyrighted seeds are more prone to diseases and are all round worse than the copyrighted versions. GMO seeds, which are typically copyrighted, could even be more beneficial to the environment than the organic versions, as many of them use up way less water for the same amount of crop. Less pesticides also have to be used if the plant is a gmo as they can have built In protection against certain pests.

[@john3_14-17]

Alternately, all seed makers should just sell seeds at a level playing field. Farmers already purchase seeds, why should the seed company be entitled to a share of the farmer’s income on top of that? Further, it’s not like conventional agriculture has led to a bunch of rich farmers. No most farmers are reliant on subsidies and many are in debt due to the conventional model’s high input costs.

[@allister5643]

It's almost like turning everything into a commodity is bad for everyone, well, everyone except the owners.

[@hermask815]

We should declare nature open source and apply the copyleft distribution terms to it. (You can’t restrict derivatives based on an item that is free.)

[@peterungson809]

Why can't everyone emulate the charitable heart of those who discovered Penicillin? Greed seems to get in the way too often.

[@SaveMoneySavethePlanet]

This reminds me a lot of the new wave of unionization that we see happening in the past couple of years. Our economy has a serious problem where the people who actually create value (the indigenous tribes in this case) don’t get a good cut of the profits. So instead of our economy constantly closing the wealth gap by raising new groups of people up to new levels…it does the exact opposite. I’m glad to hear of at least a couple situations where people have been able to correct this.

[@arnowisp6244]

The Wealth gap isn't a Problem so long as the wealth floor is good. The Problem is when people get poorer. Truth is that we really don't care about how wealthy billionaires are if your life is a good middle class quality. Problem is when your quality of life declines.

[@toriitoraa]

@@arnowisp6244I think one follows the other, sadly. If the richer are getting more wealth, then, by extension that wealth is being sapped from under.

[@daynaswan427]

This is very sad. Just when you think human beings will start being kind, you find out they are acting more and more like a virus.

[@Gurci28]

“Biopiracy is biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use” (Vandana Shiva). 4:04

[@daynaswan427]

@@Gurci28, yes I understand that. I say what I said because we need such a law.

[@Gurci28]

The conservation of biodiversity is a common concern of humankind. The Convention on Biological Diversity covers biodiversity at all levels: ecosystems, species and genetic resources. It also covers biotechnology, including through the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Source: United Nations

[@starf3780]

corporations are not human beings. they operate identically to artificial intelligence. growth for the sake of growth is the principle of a cancer cell.

[@daynaswan427]

@@starf3780, corporations are developed by human beings, operating by human beings.......how can you take the root of the problem out of the problem and blame what was made?

[@dondoron5377]

I fail to understand how simply finding something fulfills the criteria of a technical innovation required for a patent to be granted.

[@KarlosEPM]

Correct. Identification of a molecule cannot warrant a patent, but the isolation of it for a specific use (as well as the procedure employed to isolate it) can be patented.

[@arinaira1417]

This is so weird....companies don't own earth...

[@DWPlanetA]

So what do you think? Is it ok to patent plants and wildlife products or should biopiracy be stopped?

[@user-if2jq8vr8y]

both i dont know if other goverment want to stop it

[@shubhpatel2350]

It should he stopped but it won't be because the patent holders would keep on providing "donations" to the government officials

[@adisage]

I think patenting should probably be allowed, but maybe it should come with a fair expiry date, like in the case of copyrights. After expiry, the knowledge should be made freely available. This way researchers will get their due credit, but no one will be able to monopolize over it for extended periods of time.

[@meyer6891]

I think we should patent uses instead of the wildlife

[@shubhpatel2350]

@@adisage no thing of nature should not be monopolized in the first place like in the case of basmati rice it was patented by RiceTech a company of USA in 1997 although it was traditionally never found outside of India. Even indian brands could have filled patents but they didn't and now they have to pay royalties to an American company for a crop grown in India marketed in India and sold in India. Patents should only be allowed for certain technologies or innovations not nature.

[@ktktktktktktkt]

Being able to obtain a patent isn't the be-all end-all. The patent can be invalidated. With respect to completely new compounds, I don't think there's necessarily an issue with giving them a patent assuming we wouldn't have access to that compound without their research. With regard to compounds which are already in use by indigenous communities, these patents can be invalidated by demonstrating they were in use before the patent. There is definitely an incentive for manufacturers of generic pharmaceuticals to contest these patents so they can make their own generic versions. The problems are that it would be cheaper to let someone else do the legal wrangling and then manufacture the generic if they're successful AND the legal costs could be quite expensive.

[@theHollowGabimaru]

Most of the industrialised Nations are rich financially but poor in biodiversity and traditional knowledge. In contrast the developing and the under developed World is rich in biodiversity and traditional knowledge related to bio resources. So rich Nations exploited the bio resources to develop modern applications and they saved time, effort and expenditure during their commercialisation. The big multinational companies and other organisations use the bio resources without proper authorisation from the countries and people concerned without compensatory payment.

[@LakkiTunrung]

ttay

[@bepositive378]

This not just happening with biochemicals but even the intellectual properties are stolen. Marconi gets the credit for developing radio and wireless communications but it was JC Bose from india who invented it.

[@Roonlovesfish3874]

There are finite variations to developing something that shouldn't be equated to unfounded patriotism

[@nabinbharati9834]

Dw always come with out of brain coverage, great work , keep it up 🙏

[@manubhatt3]

Arguing generally against patenting of any traditional knowledge is very different from arguing that communities having those traditional knowledge should be given patents or compensation instead. Latter is nonsensical and impractical. We Indians don't mind if some company is using our traditional knowledge to make money, but if only some company/companies get the right to use our traditional knowledge without us having any say in it, then it's just plain wrong but more importantly, it's bad for all, especially for the people to whom these products are sold and for the countries who are allowing such patents. Ethics aside, it's in the countries own self-interest to not allow such patents.

[@deranjang9935]

Patent should only be limited to new invention.... Not something that nature produce

[@makylemur7019]

Patents are for uses that are novel. Therefore uses that are already known to indigenous people do not deserve patents and any such patent should be automatically voided.

[@SaintMatthieuSimard]

That's a worrisome subject. Industry represents too huge of a entity which devours everything on its way and it lacks accountability.

[@Mark_nobody3]

Once the powerful companies find something very valuable and rare also produce in just one place, they do anything to get it and that includes buying it for cheaper price, using violence even blackmail

[@matthewkopp2391]

In the USA the original patent law was for 7 years and then any invention or discovery was to become public domain, same with copyright laws. Largely argued because new discoveries were advancement of enlightenment and science. Not only should there be protection, acknowledgement of traditional knowledge, but we need to re-establish the concept of „commons“. Our current patent and copyright laws are an anti-enlightenment institution.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

What a Really Interesting argument!

[@renderproductions1032]

Thank you Disney and everyone who kept trying to extend things like parents and copyright

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@renderproductions1032 do you mean patents?

[@madmanincleanclothes1157]

This was well documented, DW Planet A are undefeated

[@renderproductions1032]

I would say that we need a new type of system for biological innovations such as GMOs and medicinal compounds. Patents were not built with them in mind and can be a bit too restrictive, when, In some cases, it is no feasible to create another compound that can do the exact same thing without complications.

[@Dr.Lakshit_ahari]

*Asprin* was first discovered in willow tree. And ancient Egyptian often used willow tree's leaf and bark for treating headache.

[@Dr.Lakshit_ahari]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c Problem is that people are ready to bash Ayurveda, Yunani and Chinese medicine whereas many medicine are derived from plant and animal extract and studying local culture.

[@anmolagrawal5358]

Quality content as always. I was curious with regards to how these companies incorporate well known traditional knowledge into their portfolio (and market them). This video was almost spot on and helped clear some of my doubts.

[@redzzon]

You might be looking at this the wrong way. Putting humans in a city and giving them avilibilty of form of currency that is taxed for their labor Has created many, many of trillions of revenue. Nothing grows in these cities but a lot of goods is brought in and it provides tax revenue.

[@old_H]

We should abolish the patent system.

[@ProximaCentauri88]

Thank you for bringing this up. The essential oils cultpanies like Young Living comes to mind.

[@Gurci28]

Bio Piracy means the gaining of exclusive monopoly rights, over the biological material of one country by individuals, institutions or companies of other countries that ultimately leads to the denial of the rights, of the country of origin. 10:10 Source: IJBEL

[@virtualworldofcraps2237]

Same here.. I was literally forced to buy some of their products n attend some their workshop but flatly refused their invitations. Those friends no longer friends eversince😂.

[@ProximaCentauri88]

@@virtualworldofcraps2237 I always loved essential oils however the mainstream new agey tendenices of many essential oil compapanies and users are throwing me off. LOL

[@virtualworldofcraps2237]

@@ProximaCentauri88 🤭

[@ANTheWhizkid]

Another example proofing the system error happening because people who are supposed to protect others became greedy or just don’t care. Thanks for the upload and for raising awareness.

[@emilianojr.dumalaog7052]

The Philippines have fallen victim to biopiracy in the past wherein scientists working for multinational pharmaceutical companies smuggled out of the country specimens needed to produce extracts for use in producing breakthrough medicines. Sad thing is these patented medicines were able to generate millions of dollars of profit for these pharmaceutical companies without compensating the local indigenous communities who had long been using these extracts as part of their traditional medicine.

[@souptiksheet0]

Make a video about VW emission scandal in USA . How are companies loopholing in net Zero achivement.

[@_Chessa_]

Super scared of how they will now make it impossible to make ourselves aware of what to grow. And how they made it illegal to grow some things.

[@chamuuemura5314]

Unfortunately the patent system is first to file. Prior usage defense is difficult when the form of medicinal delivery is so different.

[@nareshagarwal5605]

In India we are using herbs and plants for ages,known as ayurveda . And what else? We shared ayurveda and yoga with the world.. not like the USA and european countries!

[@CopperSkinnedMamii]

If it wasn’t being pushed on Instagram, they wouldn’t have cared to start going “ natural” still don’t trust or want anything from them. Sick of them.

[@readyforknowing3009]

And what of the animals that depend on particular land/marine plants for food & shelter? Indiscriminate harvesting would hurt them more than us. Great coverage. Thank you for reducing my ignorance by another notch DW.

[@muehahahaha]

With the increased legalization of cannabis we need to be really conscious about what companies will do to patent or claim the plant and/or its compounds

[@phoneixashes]

Amazing work, I honestly haven’t looked at that way before although I am aware of IP rights and licensing. Would love to learn more about the topics and hope that in the show notes you can add few resources.

[@DWPlanetA]

Hi Elle, thanks for your comment! If you click 'see more' under the description, you will be able to see read more links on the topic. Hopefully that helps you 🙂🌍

[@JapGujral2000]

They even patened Turmeric latte

[@supersophisticated9943]

More like we need to ditch copyrighting and patenting as valid. That is the actual issue. Not to mention, monopolization.

[@reubendias18]

It's like 2 sides of a coin: the good and the bad. The good is when we use this knowledge to improve humanity while the bad is when we take advantage of improving our share of profits.

[@Acidtrindade]

Portuguese maritime exploration resulted in the numerous territories and maritime routes recorded by the Portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime journeys during the 15th and 16th centuries. Portuguese sailors were at the vanguard of European exploration, chronicling and mapping the coasts of Africa and Asia, then known as the East Indies, and Canada and Brazil (the West Indies), in what came to be known as the Age of Discovery.

[@advityat]

Wow, drone footage of the area between Karungali Village and Ennore. Interesting to see that being used in this report.

[@rishavburnwal6676]

Take Marijuana or popularly known as Bhaang / Ganja in India it is been banned here by US here but is used in full scale for pharma in their country

[@shaunhall960]

We really have to deal with the root of the problem which is exploitation of people and resources. The clock is ticking with our biodiversity collapsing entirely.

[@mustafav2509]

Hi DW may i ask a question? what would happen if you make a channel from the sea to a some low elevation desert (you know, to turn it into a salty lake) would that increase precipitation in that region? and approximately how many mm of rain would 1 km give to that region considering that heat there is high like anything from 35°C to 45 °C? Thank you in advance, you are the best guys!

[@ninemoonplanet]

From the science I have read, rain isn't caused solely by air cooling, but from the tiny particles released by trees. Example: plant a grove of trees, some with pollen. 9 kms or 5 miles away the rain comes down. The wind currents, using thermals, takes the pollen and other particles up, the moisture droplets are clustered around the particles, once the amount of moisture is sufficient, the droplets become rain drops. Same phenomenon as snow flakes.

[@readyforknowing3009]

Good question 👍

[@readyforknowing3009]

@@ninemoonplanet great answer thanks 👍

[@mustafav2509]

@@ninemoonplanet Thank you for answering me it's really disappointing to see common folks answering but not the DW team themselves.... any way thank you for the answer!

[@jeremiahmelson8530]

Very insightful! Thank you 😌

[@TheReaderOnTheWall]

Patents protect profits. So the People should collectivise companies, producing for needs, not greed. No need for patents then.

[@Gurci28]

Biopiracy is defined as a problem resulting from a distributive conflict between provider and user countries, the practical difficulties of monitoring the utilization of genetic resources in a transnational context, and the pervasive scientific uncertainty about the nature and extent of the problem. 6:09 Source: SciELO

[@uhohhotdog]

Ban all patents

[@nfi2nfi2]

Patents are a hindrance on the worlds ability to create new and better products.

[@Alkis05]

This is rampant in the amazon. Particulary because of the fact that many species only exists here

[@foolwise4703]

I think that patents on genetic information should be banned in general. Genetic modifcation brings vast possibilities for humankind, but these possibilites will be exploited for gains in power and suppression if they are left to the control of private interests for profit!

[@arnowisp6244]

How dare you try to ban GMOs. This will kill GMOs if companies can't patent them. Science denier.

[@foolwise4703]

@@arnowisp6244 I think GMOs are great! But capitalism is the wrong system to develop them. That needs to happen more democratically.

[@-p2349]

@@foolwise4703 what system communism?

[@foolwise4703]

@@-p2349 I am more thinking strictly open source research and democratic oversight to assure that breakthroughs are accessible to all.

[@Roonlovesfish3874]

@@foolwise4703 Democracy is crazy dangerous in this case. Most people are scientifically illiterate and therefore thinking they will vote on such matters is scary. Look at climate change

[@dynadwynn]

In case of neem oil used as fungicide, patents are not the Great Evil. Just having a patent doesn't mean you can profit all over the world from it. If your company is set in the US and you want to sell your fungicide to be used in Germany, you ask for a patent in Germany. Doesn't mean people anywhere have to suddenly stop using neem oil as a fungicide everywhere in the world. Also, it depends on what exactly you write in a patent claim. Also, patents expire.

[@williamhayes8864]

There is absolutely no end to the richest greed .

[@Noukz37]

A fully transparent world without patents is a worthy target!

[@blew_246]

Right now in COP27, countries who are affected by the consequences of climate change but haven’t caused it will try to claim money of the biggest country who are emitting the most green house gas. The topic is called « loss and harm »

[@GowthamV07]

I am surpriced that india has a library for traditional knowledge which is searched before giving a patent for the same. Wow india under modi has gone above and beyond.

[@m11nt]

Well, you should visit the patent office. It's a big mess.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Hopefully, India is tackling both Colourism (which refers to discrimination against different skin colours, and particularly darker ones) and BioImperialism (discrimination against people who originally use their own important plants to survive) for a long while.

[@Roonlovesfish3874]

Lol 😆 🤣🤣🤣 good joke

[@MrVibil2009]

Seriously big companies stealing information from local people and making big money. How shameful is that.

[@TheElvin313]

interesting topic 🙏🙏🙏

[@johnransom1146]

If you find a law, like patents on nature, you have a duty to break them.

[@neothaka]

The problem with humankind in general, everything is expressed in revenue, never sustainability or morality.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

This is an interesting point that you have made!

[@newtrollaccount384]

I don't think it's humankind. The problem in this story is western pharmaceutical companies.

[@philipb2134]

Surely a product derived from international waters will not infringe on the traditional knowledge of local peoples?

[@Fahrenheit4051]

"Hey, you're stealing from the sand people!" Companies: "Don't refer to them as 'sand people', you bigot!" In all seriousness, of course this video is more activism than journalism, but they do raise some good points. I think it's fair to say that you shouldn't be able to patent something nature has already invented, even if the indigenous people are also benefiting from this corrupt practice by sharing in the monopoly. Patenting an extraction process or formulation is understandable. An even better comparison to pre-modern history would be laws where there were certain types of animals that only the king could own, hunt, or eat.

[@funcisco]

I grew up in South America in a culture deeply influenced by the native indigenous people and their knowledge of the land. Have indigestion? Boldo tea will do. High blood pressure? Pop a couple Surinam cherries. ED? Diarrhea? Nausea? We gotchu. It's sad that companies only care about our culture when it is to exploit it, appropriate it, and make money at our expense. We were told our culture was nonsense for ages by white people, but we saw the value in it and as soon as we proved the world that we have something valuable to offer, they start taking it away from us. But hey, it's all fair in capitalism!

[@renderproductions1032]

Welp, I guess the real beauty of culture is learn from it.

[@funcisco]

@@renderproductions1032 They don't learn anything. They are just trying to capitalize.

[@thedutchmanflies7878]

the problem is the corrupt govts approving patents

[@willbennett8799]

What do Payton’s have to do with corportations ?

[@Zayskibop]

Profit ALWAYS comes at the expense/explotation of a party. It is clear that capital, profit and money is the issue that has overlap in all systems

[@imonika3674]

They did same for turmeric as well. It's pathetic how one uses loopholes, gets patent & hence rights. On the other side communities with traditional knowledge of nature remains "barbaric !"

[@gbp3616]

Patent should only be witheld until there is payback +50%

[@alexgoslar4057]

If you've tried everything and it still doesn't work, then you haven't tried everything.

[@alap1983]

Once again Modern India is leading the way in ensuring Biodiversity and local knowledge is recognized, acknowledged, and rewarded. Ayurveda is Bioresearch that dates back thousands of years. Neem, Aloe Vera, Turmeric, and thousands of other Medical Miracles were discovered. These were openly provided to the mankind.

[@yumikumi2]

I didn’t know you can patent nature. I understand inventions and recipes, but not the ingredients themselves. I make cookies, am I breaking the law by using the sugar, salt, flour, and butter without permission?

[@guiller2371]

"And Latin America". There was no Latin America at the time of colonization, but America. The name was taken from the maps of Americo Vespucci, a cartographer. Latin America is a term used from the last century to now.

[@avroviziyaodlaryurdu3645]

It feels like its just beginning and its gonna get worse

[@SandeepSingh-or7jr]

My guest : what is this Me : lemon juice Guest : But why this taste weird? Me : Because no lemon in my kitchen .. so alternate with power of 100 lemons : VIM Bar dish wash bar added to your juice

[@youn-heepare2034]

No respect for the gift of life. Everything is about $. Greed! Destruction! Abomination!

[@SerafinGrivel]

BASF is only a few kilometers away from where I live, o.O. didn't know they were that bad

[@hmroid6884]

Reject companies Grow corn in your front yard

[@janklaas6885]

🕊7:12 2🕊8:38 3🕊8:38 4🕊4:44

[@sebastianwrites]

The hut at the end on stilts... that wasn't the lab was it you cut to? I think this should have been explained?

[@shadowgirl11]

Thank you for the informative video!

[@telotawa]

intellectual "property" is absolutely worthless

[@DV-dt9sq]

Resources of the planet Earth belong to ALL living beings on the planet...I don't recall giving my permision to this companies to exploit them! Private? Private = Private (lat.)= To deprive of.

[@laaaliiiluuu]

Money rules the world. Understand that and you will understand a lot better why things are the way they are. There is a reason why the saying "follow the money" is so popular.

[@rajendratayya8400]

Our own weakness encourages extortion in the world.

[@beatbands]

What I have to point out is that is all from nature, where else would it be from?

[@ryandeboer9584]

Every inside has a outside

[@richarddeese1991]

Thanks. It's corporate colonialism, plain & simple. tavi.

[@larrygreathouse5162]

How you say patent is atrocious

[@sixvee5147]

May the Anthroprocene epoch make the Permian-Triassic extinction event seem like a minor footnote in the pages of Earth's history. Here's to making scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment a reality.

[@maytons]

If you believe that the concept of money is a necessary thing then the world is already a doomed place, because the concept of money says that all things on this planet are for sale.

[@Boo-pv4hn]

There is nothing no wrong with using natural resources however reparations shouldn’t go to the people it should specifically be targeted at the land that surrounds the natural resource your taking. People shouldn’t claim ownership of nature. However certain things shouldn’t be allowed to be patented for example things someone is already doing. Things like if you make a medicine out of specific ingredients is a little different

[@-_-3315]

I understand your philosophical reasoning, nobody owns nature, but the fact of the matter is that, as demonstrated in the video, many of the plant resources being extracted and misappropriated are coming from areas where the people are preserving and living in their natural lands at the expense of not having access to the money and resources that may be found in more industrialized areas, so I honestly think any reason to force companies to acknowledge and reward their stewardship of the land and ecosystem is a good one. No one owns nature, but many of these communities have been living and harvesting sustainably for generations and to offer an incentive to continue to do so, both by funding the communities and initiatives within them to protect their ecosystems seems like a good compromise.

[@newtrollaccount384]

Exactly, no one owns nature so western companies need to stop stealing and acting like they do.

[@Azlanistan]

Finally someone talking about the west for what they did in the past and now they lecture the east.

[@gaspachoo5046]

The industrial revolution and it’s consequences have been a disaster for mankind…

[@newtrollaccount384]

Specifically western recklessness and greed.