By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is nationally adopted.
It is important to develop and adopt a bylaw for access to genetic resources and the traditional knowledge associated with in accordance to three main laws which are: i) the Environment Protection Law Number 6 for the year 2017, ii) the Agricultural law Number 13 of the year 2015 and the law of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Number 32 for the year 2000. This bylaw shall aim to ensure national control over genetic resources in accordance with relevant National and International Law, and ensure the conservation and sustainable use of the biochemical and genetic resources.