UFC/2004
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Biopiracy, the exploitation of the natural and intellectual resources of a country without proper compensation, is nothing new in Brazil. The most notorious case is that of Englishman Henry Alexander Wickham, who in 1876 stole rubber tree seeds, hid them between banana leaves and shipped them off to a new plantation in the British colonies in Ceylon, Malaysia. In a few decades the plantation would become the main exporter of latex, ruining the Amazon's lucrative monopoly on the rubber business. Wickham was hated by Brazil's rubber barons who called him "the Executioner of Amazonas". Long before that, right after the discovery of the land by the Portuguese in 1500, the discoverers themselves and then other European explorers just stole from the Indians the knowledge of how to extract a red pigment from 'pau-brasil' (brasil wood). Adapted from: DALEVI, A. Green Piracy. July 1997. http://www.brazil-brasil.com/cvrjul97.htm HELPING VOCABULARY exploitation - exploração resources - recursos rubber - borracha executioner - carrasco, algoz The only alternative in accordance with the text is:
a) a) Ceylon became the main exporter of latex after the 1880's.
b) b) The stealing of rubber tree seeds happened mostly in Ceylon.
c) c) It took Ceylon a few years to become the main exporter of latex.
d) d) The delivery of seeds to Ceylon expanded the Amazon economy.
e) e) The British colonies in Ceylon were commercially exploited by Brazil's rubber barons.
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