What Is Forward Engineering

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Essay

What is forward engineering?

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Definitions:

Economic Development

The process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people, often measured by increases in income, education, and health.

Bioprospecting

The search for plant and animal species from which medicinal drugs and other commercially valuable compounds can be obtained.

Biopiracy

The practice of commercially exploiting naturally occurring genetic material or biochemicals by obtaining patents that restrict their general use, often without compensating the indigenous peoples or countries from which they are taken.

Biocolonialism

The exploitation of biological resources of developing countries by Western pharmaceutical or biotechnological companies without fair compensation.