Monsanto, the American-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, has scoured the 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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The practice described in the passage is commonly known as biopiracy. It involves the exploitation of traditional knowledge, genetic resources, and biodiversity without providing any compensation or benefits to the Indigenous populations or countries from which they were obtained. Biopiracy has been criticized as a form of neocolonialism that reinforces power imbalances between developed and developing countries and undermines the rights and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.

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