Previous Winners

Biopiracy refers to the monopolization (usually through intellectual property) of genetic resources and traditional knowledge or culture taken from peoples or farming communities that developed and nurtured those resources.

Biopiracy refers to the monopolization (usually through intellectual property) of genetic resources and traditional knowledge or culture taken from peoples or farming communities that developed and nurtured those resources.

Winners of the 2008 Cog Awards for Resisting Biopiracy...

Winners of the 2006 Cog Awards for Resisting Biopiracy...

The Winners of the last Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy in 2004, awarded to the companies and governments who have done the most to monopolize genetic resources, traditional knowledge or culture...

The Winners of the 2004 Cog Awards, for opposing biopiracy...
(Cogs were ships designed to repel pirate attacks.)

Here are the 2002 crop of pirates and cogs. For the complete citations and further background information, please download the Communique: