Priority species
- Marula
- Honeybush
- Baobab
- Buchu
- Sceletium
South Africa is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, with more than 21,000 plant species, many of them endemic. It has emerging biotrade value chains of economic importance for southern Africa.
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Biodiversity and ABS
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.
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Value chain
ABioSA has a value chain approach to biotrade, recognising the role of all parties. Key value chain actors include communities, traditional and indigenous knowledge holders, harvesters, pickers, processors, manufacturers and traders. ABioSA also works with value chain supporters and enablers like researchers, regulators, quality control and sector associations.
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