The Amazon Biotechnology Center - CBA – was set as a part of PROBEM – the Brazilian Program of Molecular Ecology for the Sustainable Use of Amazon Biodiversity Resources.

PROBEM is an initiative of the scientific community in the private sector, the federal government and state governments, and is coordinated by three Ministries: Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), Science and Technology (MCT) and of the Environment (MMA).

SUFRAMA - Superintendency of the Manaus Free-Trade Zone, is responsible for CBA’s implementation and administration, and provides the main support, with approximately 70% of the financial contribution.

CBA is a TECHNOLOGY CENTER which aims to promote technological innovation of both products of the Amazon biodiversity and the processes by which they are obtained and up-graded in value. This aim is achieved by:

• Establishing a network with Private and Public Universities and Research Institutes;

• Contributing with the implementation of a Bio-industrial Park (Science Park) in the Amazon region, improving the technology density of the industrial sector;

• Promoting and encouraging the establishment of technology based bio-business (offering strategic technological services) and innovation;

• Developing and diffusing new products and biotechnological processes, with value added along the whole production chain, so offering employment and income to the region.