GIBEX (Global Institute for BioExploration)
Nominated for Other (specify below)
Nominated by Acción Ecológica and Red por una América libre de transgénicos () – Wednesday 23 April 2008
Reasons for this nomination
for Best Disguised Biopirate for creating the image of capacity-building among the peoples of Ecuador, while, in reality, training Ecuadorian students to scour the country’s biodiversity in search of useful compounds for developing pharma crops and agrofuels. GIBEX is an alliance between Illinois University and Rutgers University.