[Taxacom] Collecting Samples From Another Country

[Richard HARDWICK]

Alec McClay wrote

>I too wonder how this happened, at a more basic philosophical
>level. 

Try googling "Common Heritage of All Mankind"
Thats what <<biodiversity>> used to be. 

Then try "Sovereign Property of the  Country of Origin". 
Thats what <<biodiversity>>  is now.

Richard H