28 March 2006

2006 Captain Hook Awards

Aar! The recipients of this annual set of awards given to leaders in biopiracy have just been announced! We did our best to deliver them in our best pirate voices. Here's the list:
  • Worst Threat to Food Sovereignty: Syngenta
  • Greediest Biopirate: J Craig Venter
  • Biggest Threat to Genetic Privacy: Google: Indexing Your Genes
  • Extreme Makeover Award: Delta & Pine Land
  • Most Shameful Act of Biopiracy: US Government
  • Worst Déjà Vu: Human Genographic Project
  • Access of Evil Award: Canada, Australia, New Zealand
  • Biggest Tiny Claim On Nature: Nanosys, Inc.
  • Worst Betrayal: Genencor et al.
  • Most Hypocritical - Joint Winners: University of California-Davis and The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Visit the Coalition Against Biopiracy website (link above) for details, matey.