Protecting Our Heritage: A Community Guide to Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge in Mozambique

The guidebook serves as a tool for Mozambican communities to safeguard traditional knowledge through legal mechanisms, including Geographic Indicators registration via the Institute for Industrial Property and Access and Benefit Sharing regulations via the National Directorate of the Environment. It also provides guidance on documenting traditional knowledge and developing Community Protocols, while noting that legal frameworks are currently evolving as of February 2025.

• The guide outlines two primary legal pathways for protecting community traditional knowledge in Mozambique: registration of "Geographic Indicators" through the Institute for Industrial Property and the "Access and Benefit Sharing" Regulation managed by the National Directorate of the Environment.
• Beyond formal legal registration, the document provides guidance on the practical steps of documenting traditional knowledge and the creation of a Community Protocol.
• As of February 2025, the legal frameworks governing the protection of Traditional Knowledge in Mozambique are subject to change due to new regulations and initiatives currently under development.

APA

Natural Justice (2025). Protecting Our Heritage: A Community Guide to Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge in Mozambique. https://naturaljustice.org/publication/protecting-our-heritage-a-community-guide-to-safeguarding-traditional-knowledge-in-mozambique/

Chicago

Natural Justice. Protecting Our Heritage: A Community Guide to Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge in Mozambique. 2025. https://naturaljustice.org/publication/protecting-our-heritage-a-community-guide-to-safeguarding-traditional-knowledge-in-mozambique/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{naturaljustice2025protecting, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{Protecting Our Heritage: A Community Guide to Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge in Mozambique}}, institution = {Natural Justice}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/publication/protecting-our-heritage-a-community-guide-to-safeguarding-traditional-knowledge-in-mozambique/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }