NBA confirms Monsanto/Mahyco and ors. to be criminally prosecuted in B.t. Brinjal Biopiracy Case

Karnataka Chief Minister urged to revive biopiracy case

Press Release : Bangalore : 24 May 2012

NBA to finally prosecute Monsanto for biopiracy

In its first official confirmation, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA, India's independent regulator on all matters pertaining to biodiversity protection, conservation and use) has stated that “it is proceeding with lodging of complaint against the alleged violators” of Biological Diversity Act on grounds of biopiracy in promo

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MONSANTO'S BRINJAL BIOPIRACY: A SHOCKING EXPOSE OF CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR BIODIVERSITY LAWS IN INDIA

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Written by Leo F. Saldanha and Bhargavi S. Rao for India Law News

1 December, 2011

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