New Delhi, June 19 -- The death of a United States (US) tourist in Peru earlier this month again brought issues of traditional knowledge's misappropriation, lack of regulation as well as Access and Benefit Sharing to the fore, even as the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in the Armenian capital of Yerevan is more than a year away.

Aaron Wayne Castranova (41), from the US state of Alabama, died after ingesting ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic and psychedelic drink associated with Amazonia. Castranova was visiting La Casa de Guillermo ICONA, a hostel known for its "spiritual tourism" in Loreto, the New York Post noted quoting the Daily Mail.

Castranova experienced a multi-organ...