Patenting Nature's Bounties

From sciencebase.com:

"Attempts to patent and commercialise the fruits, figuratively speaking, of the developing world, those natural pesticides, revitalising potions and grubby microbes, have been causing a major headache for those who take their ethical dilemmas seriously.

Meanwhile, the potential for boosting the indigenous governments' coffers has not gone unnoticed and now upfront return on their countries' resources are being demanded. Cash would be nice but a return in kind might suffice, especially if the added value provided by Western science is enough to turn what might be a 'primitive' remedy into a fully functioning, safe and more effective antimalarial, for instance."