Geopolitics of sedes

Abstract

This article aims to conceptualize and analyze what is understood by the geopolitics of biodiversity and mainly what is understood by the geopolitics of seeds, describing each of the actors that interact and collide with each other over the access, use and control of the natural resources and in the specific case of seeds. Likewise, the geostrategies used by the actors of the geopolitics of seeds to intervene scientifically and extractively in territories rich in biodiversity in search of privatizing and commercializing products derived from genetic resources are exposed. Likewise, it exposes how the traditional knowledge of indigenous communities in countries like Colombia has become a form of resistance to some intellectual property mechanisms such as patents and plant breeder’s rights. For the collection, analysis and systematization of information, a methodology with a mixed approach was used, highlighting the inductive conditions provided by documents from primary, secondary and tertiary sources, as well as the statistical results of the review of databases and institutional reports. The main result of this article is the contribution to academic and social reflections of the concept of geopolitics of seeds as a way of understanding the current international dynamics around the access, use and control of seeds. Finally, the main conclusion is that native and creole seeds have become strategies of resistance to monocultures and Intellectual Property Rights.