Botswana to develop policy to protect traditional knowledge
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"Botswana is developing a policy to protect, preserve and promote its indigenous knowledge and mainstream it into the country's macro-economic framework.
Development of the policy will involve identifying, documenting and gathering local traditional knowledge practices from areas including agriculture, health, culture and religious beliefs, and then feeding them into a legislative framework.
The project, which started in February but was formally launched in June, has received nearly US$1 million from the government...."