For the next nine months, more than 100 students in Ecuador’s Manabí Province will be trained in sustainable construction with bamboo. In the canton of El Carmen in Ecuador, the class of 2023 of the Manabí Workshop School on Sustainable Bamboo Construction gathered in a ceremony to welcome the upcoming school term. The Workshop School […]

  In Manabí Province, the Government of Ecuador is using sustainable bamboo to deliver housing solutions and revitalize local economies. Bamboo, known as “vegetable steel,” is set to play an important role in providing homes for communities in Ecuador. On 27 July 2022, the President of the Republic of Ecuador H.E. Mr. Guillermo Lasso, the […]

Experts, researchers and teachers from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, were trained in June on various bamboo allometric and hydrological issues in Ecuador together with two expert teachers from India. In June, the province of Orellana in Ecuador was chosen for the training program “Bamboo Allometric and Hydrological Research”, promoted by INBAR, the International Fund for […]

Bamboo experts from Colombia, Ecuador and India visited Quito, Ecuador to share their experiences with bamboo in their territories. More than 100 people including students, entrepreneurs and teachers participated in the International Seminar on Bamboo Ecosystem Services, held on June 6 at the facilities of the Central University of Ecuador in Quito. The seminar was […]

For two days in Quito, several expert speakers on bamboo issues in Latin America and the world met. More than 100 people participated from 26 to 27 May in the International Seminar on Policies and Industrial Development of Bamboo in Ecuador. During this meeting, experiences and good practices were exchanged with the intention of creating […]

In April, INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office and the government of the Republic of Cameroon hosted a three-day conference on a critical topic: assessing bamboo and rattan’s importance for sustainable economic growth in Africa. There are an estimated six million hectares of bamboo in Africa, and more than 20 species of rattan. These non-timber forest […]

Four of the nine proposals presented in the call for “Financing Sustainable Innovation” were selected to receive financing and launching. From 21 to24 April, the first “bamboot-camp” was held in Quito, aimed at innovators from Ecuador, and focused on promoting sustainable construction using bamboo and materials with low environmental impact. The initiative was developed within […]

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 […]

80 students during 12 months will be trained in sustainable constructions with bamboo to obtain certifications for labour competencies. In the Calderón Parish, located in the Province of Manabí in Ecuador, the “Workshop School: Sustainable constructions with bamboo” was launched, within the framework of the project “Support for sustainable construction through the Manabí workshop school […]