Monsanto, the American-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, has scoured Earth in a quest to patent plants that have been used for centuries by Indigenous people as medication and turn them into commercially viable medicines. What do Indigenous people call this practice?

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Biopiracy is the term used by Indigenous people to describe the practice of commercializing their traditional knowledge and biological resources without permission or compensation, as implied in the scenario with Monsanto.

Monsanto, the American-Based Multinational Agricultural Biotechnology Corporation, Has Scoured Earth