The Government of Ethiopia considers bamboo an essential natural resource and aims to promote it for environmental conservation and commercial use. The goal of this study is to distinguish between highland bamboo landraces that could be used for industrial applications, fencing, house construction, furniture production, weaving, livestock feed, and landscape restoration. It also identifies the […]

While bamboo has been overlooked in climate change mitigation schemes for some time, awareness is now growing for its many uses in the fight, especially as INBAR is now part of the three Rio conventions and Observer to the UN General Assembly, where we use our voice to “tilt” global actions in a greener direction, […]

在拉丁美洲和加勒比地区，土著部落利用竹子的历史可追溯至一万多年前，人们在厄瓜多尔圣埃伦娜半古老的拉斯维加斯文化留下的建筑立柱中发现了使用竹子的痕迹。

从印度尼西亚的藤家具市场到中国南方高耸入云的竹脚手架，竹藤与亚太地区各国人民的生活息息相关，形成了独具特色的竹藤文化。

This technical report attempts to revise the list of priority species of rattan. Resolving the taxonomic and nomenclatural problems related to rattan is quite difficult given the high morphological variation and widespread taxa across different countries that are often treated as separate species or varieties. As rattans are not cultivated in large-scale plantations by farmers […]

This study on bamboo species-site suitability matching for Ethiopia is intended to identify the bamboo species currently planted in the country and inform actors in the bamboo value chain about the growth performance of each species and its suitability for planting in different agroecological zones. This report captures the origin of each bamboo species, its […]

This study conducts a literature review to gain a better understanding of the effects on biodiversity of the expansion of bamboo product development and trade in China. In particular, it focuses on changes in the bamboo product supply chain in China, including changes in bamboo forest areas, bamboo management practices, product development and trade of […]

This technical report attempts to revise the list of priority species of bamboo. Earlier efforts have been primarily focused on Asian species, while neglecting the prospects of American and African species. Authors undertook a fresh examination of bamboo species biodiversity from the perspective of the wider range of bamboo products and applications available today. One […]

El 2022 fue un año excepcional para el bambú y el ratán. El 7 de noviembre de 2022, la Celebración del 25° Aniversario de INBAR y el segundo Congreso Mundial de Bambú y Ratán (BARC 2022) se llevó a cabo en Beijing, elevando el bambú y el ratán al escenario mundial. Esta edición especial de […]

2022 was a banner year for bamboo and rattan. On 7 November 2022, the 25th anniversary of INBAR and the Second Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress (BARC 2022) convened in Beijing, elevating bamboo and rattan to the global stage. This special issue of BRU commemorates the event, highlighting major moments from the Congress while summarizing […]