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

This guidebook provides practical tools for communities in Mozambique to protect traditional knowledge using national laws, specifically focusing on Geographic Indicators and Access and Benefit Sharing regulations.

• The guidebook outlines two primary legal mechanisms in Mozambique for protecting community traditional knowledge: 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.
• The guide provides instructions on documenting traditional knowledge and the development of a Community Protocol. As of February 2025, the publisher notes that new regulations and initiatives are being developed that will affect the legal frameworks for protecting Traditional Knowledge, and the booklet is expected to be updated accordingly.

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

{{cite report |author=Natural Justice |title=Protecting Our Heritage: A Community Guide to Safeguarding Traditional Knowledge in Mozambique |date=8 October 2025 |url=https://naturaljustice.org/publication/protecting-our-heritage-a-community-guide-to-safeguarding-traditional-knowledge-in-mozambique/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

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} }