Current legal and institutional frameworks
This report was developed by Ana Alecia Lyman for Natural Justice. This report forms part of a series of guidelines and tools to support local communities in Mozambique to explore, document and preserve their traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. Local communities have rights with respect to their traditional knowledge, biological resources and climate adaptation measures, mostly grounded in customary laws, that need legal protection.
By assisting communities in deepening their understanding of the legal protections afforded to them, Natural Justice hopes that communities will benefit and defend their traditional knowledge against misappropriation or other threats.
This report was funded under the African Activists for Climate Justice programme.
Other reports in this series include:
The Portuguese versions of all materials will be available soon.
