The bioprospecting is understood as the systematic search for newnatural resources sources, which are biodiversity part and havepotential or current economic value. The use of this term is new, butthe concept has accompanied humans since the first civilizations, whenthey acquired consciousness of the use that they could do and thebenefit that they could obtain from their environment. Theindiscriminate environmental exploitation can reach endangerbiodiversity, however, the rational use from resources and research onnew substances and organisms are an added value in ecosystems and afurther justification for preserving it, according to several articles thatwere published in the June issue of the business. 2020 journal(Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity). Thus,biodiversity becomes more important because it will be the resourcereserve in the future; the general well-being of society and itsdevelopment depend on it. Also, currently the popular and ethnoknowledge has a deserved importance, because it is the starting pointin the current and future research on natural resources, for obtainingfrom medicine to energy sources.
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