INBAR DG Ali Mchumo and Ambassador of the Philippines Jaime A. FlorCruz participate in a bamboo-planting ceremony at the Embassy of the Philippines.

INBAR delegation met with Ms. Miho Shirotori, Acting Director of Intl. Trade and Commodities at UNCTAD to discuss better integrating bamboo and rattan in UNCTAD activities.

INBAR delegation met with Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President of IFAD, to discuss agroforestry, food systems and SSTC for bamboo farmers.

INBAR met with Regional Directors at AECID HQ in Madrid to promote regional cooperation, green jobs, the circular economy and nature-based solutions.

INBAR’s West Africa Regional Office ran a booth on bamboo’s potential to replace plastics in celebration of World Environment Day in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

INBAR and bamboo highlighted for World Environment Day at the Dehiafleur Nature Reserve in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. Left to right: Rocky Dawuni, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador; Inger Andersen, UNEP Chief; Michael Kwaku, INBAR WARO Director.

INBAR showcases the Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic Initiative at a side event of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution.

INBAR presented on the Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic Initiative at the Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade-WTO.

INBAR helped organize a bamboo structure competition for university students in Chengdu, China for International Garden Season and Garden Making Week.

H.E. Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, Ambassador of Nepal (right), tours the Bamboo and Rattan Showroom of INBAR HQ, later meeting with Director General Ali Mchumo.

INBAR Senior Programme Officer Li Yanxia (middle) meets with delegates from Asian Development Bank at UNFF 18 in New York to explore future project cooperation.

INBAR attends the 18^th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, where it will hold a side session on Bamboo for Triple Bottom Line Benefits.

China’s Yunnan Province is home to remote, mountainous communities like Longpu Village, where traditional bamboo weaving has existed for nearly 400 years.

Rural woman in Chad sand down freshly harvested bamboo culm as part of INBAR’s Training of Trainers workshop in the new Member State.

Liu Kewei, Coordinator of INBAR’s Global Bamboo Construction Programme, chaired a session at the 4th Timber and Bamboo Design Forum.

Tefera Belay, INBAR Program Development Officer, presents on bamboo in tropical and subtropical regions at the Third Mountain Futures Conference.

H.E. Mr. Tauaika Utaatu, Ambassador of Tonga to China (middle, left) meets with INBAR Deputy Director General Lu Wenming (middle, right) at INBAR HQ.

Professor Jiang Zehui, Co-Chair of the INBAR Board of Trustees, delivers a video address on the Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic Initiative at the 2023 Hainan Expo.

Tajimat Women’s Association conducts reforestation activities in the Peruvian Amazon.

INBAR Latin America and the Caribbean Office convenes three-day training on bamboo furniture in Ecuador.

INBAR DG Ali Mchumo (middle) congratulates new INBAR Council Chair H.E. Yam Prasad Pokharel, Nepal (right) and Vice-Chair H.E. Leonardo Kam, Panama (left).

Delegates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo attend the 12^th INBAR Council Session in Beijing.

Delegates applaud at the adoption of the meeting agenda of the 12^th Session of INBAR Council convened in Beijing, China.

Group photo of participants at 12^th INBAR Council and Flag-Raising Ceremony for Chad and the DRC.

INBAR West Africa partners with Ghana to host workshop on bamboo and rattan development.

Ambassadors and diplomats from GRULAC arrive at INBAR Bamboo and Rattan Showroom.

H.E. Ms. Pick Fung Ho-Chong, Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname, examines bamboo kitchenware in INBAR Showroom.

INBAR Global Policy Officer Borja De La Peña moderates the discussion segment of GRULAC.

Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries meets at INBAR Headquarters.

INBAR DG meets with Johanna Sumuvuori, State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

INBAR side event on bamboo industry and enterprise development convenes at LDC5.

INBAR DG meets with H.E Mr. Philip Isdor Mpango, Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania.

INBAR booth at LDC5 welcomes Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme.

INBAR delegation meets with H.E. Ambassador Sheikh Mohammed Belal, Managing Director of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) at LDC5.

INBAR and FAO meet at Fifth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC5).

Director of Nan’ao Office in Dapeng New District of Shenzhen visits INBAR.

Ambassador of Venezuela H.E. Mr. Giuseppe Yoffreda (right) and INBAR Global Policy Officer Borja De La Peña (left) visit INBAR Showroom.

Yongchun County of Fujian Province visits INBAR HQ.

Charge d´Affairs of the Embassy of Costa Rica in China visits INBAR HQ.

Peruvian entrepreneur promotes bamboo for sustainable construction.

INBAR, represented by its South Asia Office, participates in UNFF Expert Group Meeting in Thailand.

Happy Spring Festival and Year of the Rabbit from INBAR!

Officials from German Embassy and GIZ visit INBAR HQ.

INBAR showcases products made with bamboo materials at UNFCCC COP 27.

René Kaam, INBAR Regional Director for Central Africa, explains planting techniques at the new bamboo nursery on campus.

President of Ecuador, H.E. Mr. Guillermo Lasso, supports sustainable bamboo construction.

Delegation from Peking University’s Center for African Studies visits INBAR HQ.