23 April 2020 – The International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) will establish a new Task Force on Sustainable Bamboo Management. INBAR’s specialised Task Forces, including the Construction Task Force and the Rattan Task Force, consist of groups of key experts from all over the world who work together on specific objectives such as standards […]
15 Jan 2020 – On 26-28 December 2019, INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office organised a joint training on site-species matching for service level managers in Cameroon. The Inter-Africa Bamboo Smallholder Farmers Livelihood Development Programme, funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), aims to enhance the incomes, livelihood and climate change adaptive capacities of […]
In an official opening ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon, attended by Cameroon’s Minister of External Relations, H.E. Mbella Mbella Lejeune, INBAR’s fifth Regional Office and third in Africa was officially opened INBAR Deputy Director General Professor Lu Wenming. 12 December 2019 – Cameroon, an INBAR Member State since 2002, has been very active in recent years […]
Bamboo and Rattan at the Heart of Non-Timber Forest Products Workshop in Yaoundé 6 November 2019 – INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office put bamboo and rattan at the very centre of Cameroon’s conversation around non-timber forest products (NTFPs) at national-level workshop. Since opening this year, INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office (CARO) has been representing INBAR […]
Now in its fourth month, the Inter-Africa Livelihood Development programme is already making important progress across Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Madagascar. About the project: The Inter-Africa Bamboo Smallholder Farmers Livelihood Development Programme aims to improve the incomes, livelihoods and climate change adaptive capacities of African smallholder farmers, women and youth, by increasing their participation in […]
As our new regional office opens in Yaoundé, Cameroon this year, we spoke to an up-and-coming young bamboo architect in the city, Lionel Tsagué, about his drive, motivations and vision for bamboo construction in the area, and how INBAR’s projects in the area helped him to get off the ground. INBAR has been profiling people […]
PRESS RELEASE: NEW SINO-AFRICA PROJECT BOOSTS DEVELOPMENT BAMBOO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new project will help develop the bamboo sectors in a number of African countries, using experience from China. Beijing, China, 25 June 2018 (INBAR) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) today launched a […]
The annual Beijing-based training for bamboo and rattan development begins 8 June 2018 – The Seminar on Bamboo and Rattan for Poverty Alleviation and Social Development for Developing Countries 2018 opened today in Beijing, China. The seminar, which is funded by China’s Ministry of Commerce and run by INBAR and the International Bamboo and Rattan […]
INBAR Director-General, Dr. Hans Friederich: explorer and bamboo enthusiast Read the full story here
At INBAR, every day is ‘bamboo day’. Today (18 September) marks World Bamboo Day, and provides us with a chance to reflect on bamboo’s importance. As well as being an integral, ancient part of cultures around the world, bamboo is also a very strategic tool for rural development. This has been INBAR’s focus since our […]
18th September is World Bamboo Day. This versatile plant with its numerous uses supports livelihoods, biodiversity and climate change action. Did you know
Second Plenary Meeting of ISO Technical Committee 296—Bamboo and Rattan launched on 22 August 2017 in Jakarta. The second Plenary Meeting of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 296—Bamboo and Rattan (ISO/TC 296 PM) was launched on 22 August 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hosted by the National Standardisation Agency of Indonesia (BSN), […]