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 […]
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
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 […]
In many ways bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for rural women: they grow abundantly in many parts of the Global South; they are light and easy to handle and process; and they can be used to make a wide range of products that tap women’s skills in traditional societies, such as weaving, finishing, and […]
[The below is a statement given at COP 21. INBAR participated in the South-South Climate Change Collaboration Forum on December 6.] The mutual exchange of knowledge, innovations and technologies among partners across the Global South are key to the wider development of bamboo and rattan. The recent rise of China, India, and Brazil on the […]