Who is Fighting the Biopirates?

            Since indigenous rights groups worldwide have claimed the term 'biopiracy', most of the discourse is concentrated on the internet because this is an easily accessible source. The follofing websites provide information about who is mobilizing against biopiracy. Also, a simple google search for biopiracy brings up hundreds of hits about groups sponsoring biopiracy campaigns or articles.

The Coalition Against Biopiracy declares 'Captain Hook Awards' every year for the worst perpetrators of biopiracy. Some of their members are:

IPBN - Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Network ipbn@web.net

SEARICE - South East Asia Regional Initiatives in Community Empowerment http://www.searice.org.ph

ETC Group - Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration http://www.etcgroup.org

Vandana Shiva has been an active opponent of biopiracy, and wrote a book entitled Biopiracy - the Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, and her website has more information. Navigate to food sovereignty and then biopiracy and campaigns: http://www.vshiva.net/

Action BioScience is a clearinghouse on articles relating to environmental issues:

http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/index.html

PrimalSeeds is an organization that fights to preserve biodiversity and sovereignty: http://www.primalseeds.org/biopiracy.htm

Environmental Commons: http://www.environmentalcommons.org/food-democracy.html

The Rural Advancement Foundation International has now become the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration: http://www.etcgroup.org/, an active member in the Coalition Against Biopiracy

The Global Exchange sponsors communication with the Chiapas groups, get involved at: http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/index.html