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Rooibos Robbery: A Story of Bioprospecting in South Africa

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Berne Declaration (EvB), Natural Justice (NJ)

Date and Time
5 July 2012 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP-2)

Screening of the movie "Rooibos Robbery: A Story of Bioprospecting in South Africa" (by Laurence Dworkin). The movie shows the case of Nestlés patent applications on the use of Rooibos and Honeybush that - as research done by Natural Justice and Berne Declaration revealed - are in conflict with South African Law and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This biopiracy case demonstrates how big corporations neglect their obligations to seek prior informed consent and to share benefits when using genetic resources from the developing countries as obliged by the CBD. The screening of the movie is followed by an update on the context in South Africa given by Kabir Bavikatte from Natural Justice and an open discussion with the audience.