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Latest Newsletter - Latin America and the Carribean Regional Newsletter no 36


New publication - Cross-border value chains for non-timber forest products in four different Asian countries


Global Bamboo Housing Programme becomes Global Bamboo Construction Programme to better reflect the breadth of its work


New publication - Market potential of bamboo and rattan products


New publication - The climate change challenge and bamboo: mitigation and adaptation


Three new volunteering opportunties - January 2012




Around the World in Bamboo and Rattan
 
Indias first bamboo park to be developed in Tripura state to feed expansion of bamboo industries


Ghanaian NGO wins German award for its bamboo bicycles


Central Kalimantan to witness boost in rattan industry


More funds for rattan project in Vietnam


Testing bamboo vinegar as an antibiotic


Ghana acquires technology to process bamboo into wood


 

 
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Bamboo pioneered in Bhutanese construction
In December 2011, the Bhutanese government inaugurated the first bamboo-framed, traditional-style house in the country. Designed and constructed by INBAR, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and carpenters from all over Bhutan.....
2012-01-21
 
 
Improved Global Bamboo and Rattan trade database now online
INBAR's global bamboo and rattan trade database is now easier to search and use....
2011-12-21
 
 
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Bamboo leaves added to chicken feed increase yields
Feeding chickens on an organic diet containing fresh bamboo leaves results in them weighing up to 70% more than those fed on standard organic diets, according to results from INBAR's Action Research Site in Abra Province, The Philippines......
 

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New Bamboo Charcoal Technologies Promise to Jump-start Africa's Bioenergy Sector, Slow Deforestation and Fight Climate Change
  
 
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55th Convention of the Society of Wood Science and Technology
The Society of Wood Science and Technology, and China's International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan host the SWST 55th Convention in Beijing from August 27th - 31st, 2012
World Bamboo Congress, Antwerp, Belgium
10-13 April 2012, Antwerp, Belgium
  
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Latin America and Carribean Regional Newsletter no 36
January 2012
 
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October 2011
 
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Newsletter no 35
June 2011
 
 
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International Training Workshop on Integrated Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas and Non-Timber-Forest-Products (NTFPs) Industrial and Commercial Development
3 - 23rd September 2012, Zhejiang, China
2012 INBAR Bamboo Tour
19-30 June 2012, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Guangdong, China
  
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The bamboo production to consumption system in Cameroon
Cross-border value chains for non-timber forest products in four different Asian countries
Market Potential of Bamboo and Rattan Products
The Climate Change Challenge and Bamboo: Mitigation and Adaptation
  
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