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Bio-piracy on the rise, as combat force yet to take off
Setting up of the much-touted Bio-piracy Squads, a proposed force to combat and prevent export and import of biological and zoological resources in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states.
Hyderabad: Setting up of the much-touted Bio-piracy Squads, a proposed force to combat and prevent export and import of biological and zoological resources in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, however, remains a non-starter. The initiative had come following the first bio-piracy case booked against a German national Dr Marc Clark Baumgaten and his local associate, Venkata Reddy in Araku Valley in Visakhapatnam district.
The proposed squads were intended to police the unauthorised carrying of plants, insects or other animal species beyond the boundaries of the country though sea, surface or air routes. The proposed squads were to keep an eye and scan exports and imports carried out through Kakinada, Visakhapatnam and Krishna Patnam ports. Also, the squads were to inspect the goods meant to transport though Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Gannavaram, Rajahmundry and Tirupati airports in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
However, the ambitious plan had hit a roadblock following discrepancies coming to the fore as several of the items that the bio-piracy squads intend to lay their hands comes under nearly 190 items listed out by the Centre as the normal transacted goods.
