"South Africa is one of the global mega-diverse hotspots, with huge
bioprospecting potential lying within the animal, plant, fungal and micro-organism phyla," Dr Phil Mjwara, Director-General of the DSI, said ahead of the convention.
There's a formal name for the quest to find more drugs like these --
bioprospecting -- and scientists involved in it frequently pore through old tomes for clues to where in nature they should look.
There is a huge potential in the Philippines's indigenous plants, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), placing a net present sustainable
bioprospecting value of Philippine forests at approximately $36 million annually in perpetuity.
"I consider that
bioprospecting compounds from skin secretions or bacteria living in frog's skins is just beginning," IbEiEez said.
First, we need to define ''The Blue Economy'': It has ''diverse components, including established traditional ocean industries such as fisheries, tourism, and maritime transport, but also new and emerging activities, such as offshore renewable energy, aquaculture, seabed extractive activities, and marine biotechnology and
bioprospecting.''
Majid Ali delivered his M.S research seminar on the topic '
Bioprospecting Bioidegradative Enzymes in Bacteria isolated from Paint contaminated Environment'.
Implementation of a Non-Invasive
Bioprospecting Protocol for Isolation of Lactobacillus from Feces of Hens Under Foraging Conditions
'The ABS project is supporting collaborations among the government agencies and a private entity by engaging the local communities to support their livelihoods and promote conservation of biological diversity,' said the Head of
Bioprospecting Unit of NBC, ChenchoDorji.
role of marine
bioprospecting and bio-discovery in utilising marine
Lobregat said the bill also requires clearance and permits for
bioprospecting in the park to be obtained from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and PAMB.
Bioprospecting is essential for discovering alternative biotechnological solutions aiming to produce botanical insecticides (SACCARO JUNIOR, 2011).
Bioprospecting for lipophilic-like components of five Phaeophyta macroalgae from the Portuguese coast.
