bioprospecting

From bioprospecting beneficial microbes, he was now forced to consider less cheery possibilities.

The authors said concerted action is required to mitigate the impact of warming on polar ecosystems via conservation efforts, to sustainably manage these unique habitats and their ecosystem services, and for the sustainable bioprospecting of novel genes and compounds for societal gain.

This practice is called "bioprospecting."

Come up with new biotechnology agreements that guarantee species are collected, studied and analyzed in Brazil by Brazilians so that the bioprospecting of the future is not as exploitative as are today’s illegal logging and gold mining.

Forming policies that will guide bioprospecting and biodiscovery is a sensitive, controversial area of research, but we now have that capacity.