THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECORDING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN LEGITIMIZING THE COMMUNAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE MAPPURONDO MAMASA INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

On the website of the Direktorat Jenderal (Dirjen) Kekayaan Intelektual Kementerian Hukum Republik Indonesia, Mamasa Regency only contributes one type of traditional knowledge to West Sulawesi Province. Does Mamasa really have little traditional knowledge, or perhaps there is a lot of knowledge but it has not been thoroughly discovered, which ultimately weakens the recording of knowledge? This study applies an ethnographic approach also using an interdisciplinary approach in law, commonly referred to as socio-legal research. The location of this study is in Penatangan Village, Buntu Malangka Subdistrict, Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi Province. This article argues the importance of documenting traditional knowledge for indigenous peoples. Documentation enables preventive measures against the erasure of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge, as well as recognition and the rights of indigenous peoples preservation, leading to the acknowledged ownership of their traditional knowledge. The documentation of traditional knowledge enables the Mappurondo Indigenous People in Mamasa to take three strategic steps which are coordinating and requesting collaborative support from the Mamasa Regency Government, involving researchers and other stakeholders while upholding the FPIC principle, and submitting the documentation results to the Dirjen Kekayaan Intelektual Kementerian Hukum Republik Indonesia.