In its third and final phase ABioSA will continue to contribute to development of a competitive, resilient, prosperous, inclusive and sustainable ABS-compliant biotrade sector in southern Africa. Central to this ambition is strengthening the agency of SMMEs, associations and government actors so that they are not just recipients of support but also decision makers, innovators and carriers of change beyond the project.

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation is an international agreement, supplementary to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which was enacted in 2014.