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"Live green, live better"
INBAR’s Bamboo Eye Pavilion has been the base for a number of important events at the
International Horticultural Exhibition, Beijing, 2019.
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Around the world for World Bamboo Day
Find out how INBAR Member States from Asia, Africa and South America celebrated the tenth World Bamboo Day on 18 September.
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Ghanaian students learn to create value-added products
In September, 90 participants from Ghana took part in a month-long Product Development Training Course, as part of INBAR’s Inter-Africa Bamboo Smallholder Development Programme.
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The Republic of Congo joins INBAR
On 18 July, INBAR welcomed its 45th Member State, and 20th from Africa, in a flag-raising ceremony hosted at its Beijing Headquarters.
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Ethiopia launches its first bamboo strategy
Ethiopia’s National Bamboo Strategy and Action Plan aims to use bamboo for poverty alleviation and environmental protection.
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Fujian and the future of bamboo
This province of China boasts over 1 million hectares of bamboo, and is behind some of the world’s most innovative bamboo products: from biomass to bamboo construction hard hats.
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PUBLICATIONS
INBAR’s online library houses the latest research, assessments and policy studies conducted by INBAR as part of our ongoing project work, or as a contribution to our main focus areas. In 2018, INBAR published close to 60 publications related to bamboo, rattan and their uses.
Please click the cover to download.
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Ecuador’s 2018-2022 National Bamboo Strategy
INBAR has translated Ecuador’s new bamboo strategy into English.
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Bamboo, rattan and the Belt and Road Initiative
A summary of the ways in which bamboo can contribute to 'greening' the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Bamboo, rattan and biodiversity
Looking into how bamboo and rattan can play an important role in biodiversity conservation.
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Bamboo as a source of bioenergy
A summary of current practice and research into bamboo’s use as renewable energy for heating, cooking and electricity generation.
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BAMBOO AND RATTAN IN THE NEWS
INBAR collates news from around the world about bamboo and rattan sector development. For more regular information, readers can follow us on social media.
- ‘How bamboo cultivation is creating economic opportunities’, BBC. An interview by BBC Smart Money with the company spurring bamboo development in Uganda. Watch the video here.
- ‘Bamboo lights a fire under Australian construction industry’, University of Queensland. Important ongoing research is making bamboo construction more fire-resistant, and more attractive. Read the article here.
- ‘Supergrass: building the future with bamboo’, Geographical. A profile of bamboo construction ‘University’ Bamboo U, and the future of bamboo construction. Read the article here.
- ‘In China, the largest bamboo structure of its kind proclaims the plant’s future’, Global Landscapes Forum. A summary of the INBAR ‘Bamboo Eye’ Pavilion at the Beijing Expo 2019. Read the article here.
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CONTACT
For more information visit: www.inbar.int or contact us at: info@inbar.int
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