intellectual property rights.
STRATEGIC AREA V: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND BIODIVERSITY
Goals
for 2012
Strategic Goal 18
Draw up and implement a National Research and Innovation
Agenda for the sustainable use of Mozambique’s genetic
biodiversity resources and associated traditional knowledge
Results anticipated
Greater knowledge and better use of our biodiversity resources and
by 2012
associated traditional knowledge, with increased financial benefits
to communities.
SHORT TERM
Actions
1. Stock-taking and the registration and localization of genetic
resources;
2. Promoting research in the field of genetic resources and
associated traditional knowledge;
3. Promoting research into and the dissemination of results
deriving from traditional knowledge;
4. Setting aside fields for the multiplication of plants to prevent
their extinction and ensure their preservation and use for a long
time to come;
5. Creating sacred spaces to be used as training centers in which
traditional knowledge can be learned and handed down between
generations;
6. 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;
7. Including holders of traditional knowledge in research teams;
8. Regulating the process of selling the products resulting from