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Links about Biopiracy (  the act of privatizing and profiting off of knowledge that belongs to indigenous communities ).

The Ayahuasca Patent Revocation (Origin story of Ayahuasca in the Western World)
https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/schools/law/lawreviews/journals/bctwj/21_1/03_FMS.htm


Battling 'biopiracy', scientists catalog the Amazon's genetic wealth (Good article on future of biopiracy, holding accountable those who transfer knowledge and use it)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-biopiracy-genetics-feature/battling-biopiracy-scientists-catalog-the-amazons-genetic-wealth-idUSKCN1OJ02Z
 
The Tkarihwaié:ri Code Of Ethical Conduct (Handbook on ethical approach to traditional knowledge)
https://www.cbd.int/traditional/code/ethicalconduct-brochure-en.pdf

The Maca Patent (A long arduous battle against the reigns of commercialization)
https://www.etcgroup.org/sites/www.etcgroup.org/files/publication/194/01/macafinal1.pdf
https://web.williams.edu/AnthSoc/native/maca.htm

Databases:
Dr. Duke's Ethnobotanical/Phytochemical Search Engine 
https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/search/list
New York Flora ID guide
https://plants.usda.gov/plantkeys/new_york_grasses/NEW_YORK_GRASSES.html
Pharmaceuticals x Plants
http://www.rain-tree.com/plantdrugs.htm
Where do your pharmaceuticals come from!



Agricultural Practices:
Holy Grail of Natural Farming: Masanobu Fukuoka's The One Straw Revolution
http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/one-straw-revolution.pdf

Origin Story of Permaculture:
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/walden-cdn/books/Smith_J_Russell-Tree_Crops_A_Permanent_Agriculture.pdf

Plant Therapies:
Diabetes
https://bmccomplementalternmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-018-2104-1

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