Rachel P. Wynberg is a South African biodiversity researcher and natural scientist who is a professor at the department of Environmental and Geography Sciences at the University of Cape Town.
[1] At the University of Cape Town, Wynberg earned a BSc in zoology, MSc in marine biology and a MPhil in environmental science.
One instance that she has cited concerned the San people.An African example of biopiracy is the case of the Hoodia succulent plant, which grows in the Kalahari Desert.
But in 1996 the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) isolated the hunger-suppressing chemical component in Hoodia and patented it.
[4][5]Wynberg chaired part of the First International Meeting Against Biopiracy, held at the French National Assembly in Paris and attended by representatives from 15 countries including indigenous groups, attorneys, academic researchers and entrepreneurs.