Brazil holds only 18% of patents on flora endemic to Atlantic Forest
Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest is a South American biome rich in biodiversity and home to unique species found nowhere else in the world. Of the approximately 9,500 plant species native to this biome, about 8,400 are endemic, meaning they occur naturally only there.A study conducted by researchers from the National Institute of the Atlantic Forest (INMA), the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), and the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) revealed that products and technologies developed from 66 endemic plants in the biome resulted in the registration of 118 patents—property titles for inventions or utility models granted by the state—between 2000 and 2021.Of these, only 21 were developed and registered in Brazil. China holds the most patents on the Atlantic Forest's endemic fl...