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Brazil Declares Acai National Fruit to Strengthen Ownership and Benefit-Sharing
The law aims to protect Amazonian families' income and counter foreign biopiracy claims, with acai generating significant local economic benefits, Brazil's agriculture ministry said.
- Brazil has declared the acai berry, a popular "superfood", as a national fruit to prevent foreign companies from staking claims to the Amazon's biological resources.
- Acai has been a traditional staple in the Amazon for centuries, but gained global popularity as a sweet sorbet marketed for its antioxidant properties in the early 2000s.
- The law is largely symbolic and aimed at highlighting the challenge of growing international interest in a wide range of fruits native to the Amazon that are at risk of being patented abroad.
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Brazil declares acai a national fruit to ward off 'biopiracy'
Brazil has declared the acai berry a national fruit, a move to stamp its ownership on the popular "superfood" as concerns grow about foreign companies staking claims to the Amazon's biological riches.
Savory staple: Brazil declares acai a national fruit to ward off 'biopiracy'
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