\"The Case of​ Hoodia\" concerns bioprospecting. Bioprospectingrefers to the​ centuries-old practice of collecting and screeningplant and other biological material for commercial​ purposes, suchas the development of new​ drugs, seeds and cosmetics. Biopiracy isa negative term referring to the claiming of legal rights over suchbiological​ material, usually by means of​ patents, withoutcompensation to the groups who discovered and originated theknowledge of this material. Graham Dutfield has describedfundamentally different views on biopiracy as​ follows:
In countries like​ India, the predominant view is that thenation itself is the​ \"victim\" of biopiracy. For​ Africa, theperception seems to be that the continent as a whole is prey to thebiopiracies. But in the​ Americas, Australia and New​ Zealand, thevictims are seen generally as indigenous peoples who​usually--though not​ always--represent minority populations.
Comment on​ Dutfield's possible reasons for drawing theseconclusions.
