Comments on: STOP BIOPIRACY! http://www.tzaffairs.org/2007/05/stop-biopiracy/ 4 monthly news and affairs bulletins from Tanzania Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kwa waheshimiwa Wabunge … « simbadeo2000 http://www.tzaffairs.org/2007/05/stop-biopiracy/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Kwa waheshimiwa Wabunge … « simbadeo2000 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:06:04 +0000 http://www.tzaffairs.org/?p=19#comment-15 [...] http://www.tzaffairs.org/?p=19 [...] [...] http://www.tzaffairs.org/?p=19 [...]

]]> By: Tomorrow Museum » Archive » Biopiracy http://www.tzaffairs.org/2007/05/stop-biopiracy/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Tomorrow Museum » Archive » Biopiracy Sun, 25 May 2008 23:37:13 +0000 http://www.tzaffairs.org/?p=19#comment-14 [...] heard about biopiracy, I believed it might be one of the few areas where intellectual property is actually fair, so long as it’s granted to the country of origin. But reading how it is enforced in the [...] [...] heard about biopiracy, I believed it might be one of the few areas where intellectual property is actually fair, so long as it’s granted to the country of origin. But reading how it is enforced in the [...]

]]> By: jacob http://www.tzaffairs.org/2007/05/stop-biopiracy/comment-page-1/#comment-4 jacob Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:24:19 +0000 http://www.tzaffairs.org/?p=19#comment-4 I would like to praise Dr. Hildebrand Shayo’s article ‘Stop bio piracy’. Tanzanian Affairs brought to light long standing issues that for some reasons have been ignored. The issue raised in the Tanzanian Parliament by CCM special seat MP Fatma Mikidadi as reported by Ramadhan Mbwaduke in Nipashe on August 7, calling for the return of the biggest reptile bones taken from Tandaguru-Lindi Tanzania in 1906 by a team from the ‘Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin’ is of interest. Although at some point it was argued in the Parliamentary Session in 2000 that Tanzania wasn’t ready to preserve the remains but, even so, his matter causes a lot of concern. It is well known that these bones in Berlin have attracted a significant number of tourists to Germany and that this has brought in a significant amount of money. But has the local community from Tandaguru received any share of the earnings? I am of the view that Tanzania needs to be strong in demanding a reasonable share of such earnings. Dr. Shayo’s concern has provided a point of reference to what poor counties and Tanzania in particular have been deprived of. As one who knows very little about what has been taken from Tanzania from plants, animals and minerals, etc and the sharing of the benefits, I found this topic to be very useful. The entire Tanzania Affairs is well-written, insightful and balanced and a pleasure to read. I recommend it as a fine addition to the Tanzania National Assembly library headquarters. Elizabeth Maruma, Nairobi, Kenya I would like to praise Dr. Hildebrand Shayo’s article ‘Stop bio piracy’. Tanzanian Affairs brought to light long standing issues that for some reasons have been ignored. The issue raised in the Tanzanian Parliament by CCM special seat MP Fatma Mikidadi as reported by Ramadhan Mbwaduke in Nipashe on August 7, calling for the return of the biggest reptile bones taken from Tandaguru-Lindi Tanzania in 1906 by a team from the ‘Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin’ is of interest. Although at some point it was argued in the Parliamentary Session in 2000 that Tanzania wasn’t ready to preserve the remains but, even so, his matter causes a lot of concern. It is well known that these bones in Berlin have attracted a significant number of tourists to Germany and that this has brought in a significant amount of money. But has the local community from Tandaguru received any share of the earnings?
I am of the view that Tanzania needs to be strong in demanding a reasonable share of such earnings. Dr. Shayo’s concern has provided a point of reference to what poor counties and Tanzania in particular have been deprived of.
As one who knows very little about what has been taken from Tanzania from plants, animals and minerals, etc and the sharing of the benefits, I found this topic to be very useful.
The entire Tanzania Affairs is well-written, insightful and balanced and a pleasure to read. I recommend it as a fine addition to the Tanzania National Assembly library headquarters.

Elizabeth Maruma, Nairobi, Kenya

]]> By: jacob http://www.tzaffairs.org/2007/05/stop-biopiracy/comment-page-1/#comment-3 jacob Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:23:44 +0000 http://www.tzaffairs.org/?p=19#comment-3 I would like to congratulate Dr. Hildebrand Shayo for his article in the last issue ‘Stop bio piracy’. Tanzanian Affairs has brought to light a long standing issue that has been overlooked by major corporations owned by western companies. Responsible authorities in Tanzania need to look seriously into such issues and if possible review the process under which Bio-resources are being exploited by Western owned companies’ and learn lessons for the future. Can responsible companies provide evidence of what they have done to local people where they have taken these resources? Shayo’s article did not list all the materials being taken. I believe there are more products which have been developed and patented products worth hundreds of millions of pounds for example: from the trailing plant beloved of gardeners across Europe to a natural cure for impotence and a microbe used in fading designer jeans. I think there is a need to identify what form of benefit sharing has been offered by the companies. This is a new form of colonial looting in a clever way. I think there is a total disregard and disrespect for a poor country’s resources. We are in a world where companies are used to taking whatever they want from wherever and thinking they are doing it for the good of mankind! William Mrema, Marangu, Moshi I would like to congratulate Dr. Hildebrand Shayo for his article in the last issue ‘Stop bio piracy’. Tanzanian Affairs has brought to light a long standing issue that has been overlooked by major corporations owned by western companies. Responsible authorities in Tanzania need to look seriously into such issues and if possible review the process under which Bio-resources are being exploited by Western owned companies’ and learn lessons for the future. Can responsible companies provide evidence of what they have done to local people where they have taken these resources?
Shayo’s article did not list all the materials being taken. I believe there are more products which have been developed and patented products worth hundreds of millions of pounds for example: from the trailing plant beloved of gardeners across Europe to a natural cure for impotence and a microbe used in fading designer jeans.
I think there is a need to identify what form of benefit sharing has been offered by the companies. This is a new form of colonial looting in a clever way.
I think there is a total disregard and disrespect for a poor country’s resources. We are in a world where companies are used to taking whatever they want from wherever and thinking they are doing it for the good of mankind!
William Mrema, Marangu, Moshi

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