BIOPIRACY AND EXPLORATIONS OCCURRED IN BRAZIL: A REPORT-REPORT OF CRIMINAL PRACTICES AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

• Main Author: Moreira da Silva, Matheus
• Publication Date: 2021
• Other Authors: Machado Ribeiro, José Pedro, Ferreira, Rogério
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista Reamec
• Download full: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/reamec/article/view/11668
• topic: Indigenous peoples; Biodiversity; Biopiracy; Indigenous trade; Povos indígenas; Biodiversidade; Biopirataria; Comércio indígena; pueblos indígenas; Biodiversidad; Biopiratería; Comercio indígena

This article aims to denounce the process of subordination and commercial (re) colonization in indigenous scenarios in Brazil, established with the practice of biopiracy, which transforms biodiversity into products patented by financial institutions without the fair sharing of the advantages obtained by them . We bring, through reports-denunciations and literature review, the influences of colonialist practices that attack indigenous knowledge, their traditional commercial practices, cultural frontiers, biodiversity and biotechnology, being caused by segments of national society that hold power economic, in an articulated way with the explorations that took place in the Amazon and in other Brazilian scenarios. We also present some impacts of the 1988 Constitution, with respect to the practice of biopiracy, which show the disrespect to Human Rights norms for violating the knowledge and life of indigenous peoples.