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Three women from Latin America speak about their work with bamboo. Andrea, Carolina, and Luz do not know each other, but these three women offer an inspiring example of women working in bamboo. They are pioneers in sectors that have historically been occupied by men. They show that quality and talent do not depend on […]
More than 25 participants from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru received two weeks of training on digital tools and content creation with mobile devices. Telling stories about the importance, uses, and benefits that bamboo offers, through digital tools, was the purpose of the Workshop “Rural YouTubers of Bamboo 2021”, organized by INBAR together with the […]
Bamboo, its importance, its uses and potential in the Amazon of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru will be exhibited at the largest conference in the world on the Amazon biome. The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), considered the largest in the world, will be held digitally from 21 -23 September within the framework of the United Nations […]
Three young beneficiaries of the Bambuzonía project explain the reasons for promoting bamboo in their territories. In the canton of ‘El Tena’, located in the Napo province in Ecuador, a group of young people raise their voices with a common purpose: promoting the use of bamboo. They constantly work to create a new generation with […]
INBAR’s diplomatic dialogue included a visit to a bamboo and rattan product show room, speeches, videos, and a panel discussion about bamboo’s potential in the region.
25 March 2020 – INBAR’s Bamboozonia Project, supported by IFAD in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, is just getting started, with its second launch event held in Colombia on March 13 2020. The project promises to promote climatesmart agriculture using bamboo in Latin America using a multi-level, community centric approach drawing on INBAR’s extensive experience in […]
25 November 2019 – INBAR Latin America and the Caribbean Office’s (INBAR LAC) project in Colombia exploring the potential for local varieties of bamboo to contribute to rural development in La Macarena, a region affected by more than five decades of civil war, has concluded. INBARLAC Communications Specialist Esteban Sacato shares the findings from the […]
31st Annual meeting of ISO/TC165 (Timber Structures) The 31st Annual meeting of ISO/TC165 was held from 5 to 8 September 2017 in Vienna, Austria. More than 40 timber or bamboo experts attended the meeting from Austria, Canada, Colombia, China, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Netherland, Korea, UK, USA as well as representatives from liaison organizations […]
Kenya is the latest INBAR Member State to take more action in bamboo and rattan standardisation INBAR Member state Kenya, represented by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), has officially joined ISO/TC 296 as a Participating member. ISO/TC 296 is a Technical Committee established under the International Standardization Organization (ISO). It works to standardise the terminology, specifications […]
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), […]
The organizing institutions and their representatives are pleased to announce the 5th International Symposium on Bamboo and Guadua, a meeting at which several researchers and lecturers as well as national and international experts will gather to share their knowledge through presentations and plenary lectures on different subjects related to this important natural resource. The symposium […]
New standards for bamboo, rattan and derived products will boost international trade and improve quality for consumers. International standards harmonise the technical specifications of products and services – making industry more efficient and breaking down barriers to international trade. Conformity to international standards also reassures consumers that products are safe, efficient and good for the […]