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Where genetic resources or traditional knowledge are used, making it a duty to reveal
their source in order to obtain intellectual property rights.
6.6.3. Promote research on and the identification, stock-taking, industrialization,
exploitation and marketing of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.
Draw up and implement a National Research and Innovation Agenda for the sustainable
use of Mozambique’s genetic biodiversity resources and associated traditional knowledge.
No full inventory has yet been made of Mozambique’s rich genetic heritage, and only 10 per cent
of these resources have effectively been studied. Similarly, the holders of traditional knowledge
associated with these resources exploit only a tiny proportion of them. There is therefore an
urgent need for more research, to enable them to be exploited for the benefit of humankind.
This aim will be achieved by means of the following strategic actions:
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Stock-taking and the registration and localization of genetic resources;
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Promoting research in the field of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge;
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Promoting research into and the dissemination of results deriving from traditional
knowledge;
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Setting aside fields for the multiplication of plants to prevent their extinction and ensure
their preservation and use for a long time to come;
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Creating sacred spaces to be used as training centers in which traditional knowledge can
be practiced and handed down between generations;
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Incentivizing collaboration between the holders of traditional knowledge and researchers
and industry, to allow natural products to be transformed into more effective products of
higher quality;
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Including holders of traditional knowledge in research teams;
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Regulating the process of selling the products resulting from traditional knowledge, and
creating their own spaces for them, with specialized, qualified staff;
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Regulating access to medicinal plants and safeguarding species in danger of extinction;
and