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When research partnerships divide communities

The university researcher wants to study our traditional medicines but promises to 'share benefits' with the community, and half our council thinks it's collaboration and half thinks it's theft.

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What we've seen

Academic extraction disguised as partnership creates internal conflicts about intellectual sovereignty.

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