As governments scramble for corrective options to the worsening land degradation set to cost the global economy a whopping 23 trillion dollars within the next 30 years, a humble grass species, the bamboo, is emerging as the unlikely hero. Read the full article here
With 100 days to go until BARC 2018, INBAR is delighted to announce a large delegation from one of its oldest Members India is awash with ‘green gold’. According to one estimate, bamboo covers 10 million hectares of the country, and its total growing stock is estimated at around 80 million tonnes per year. Little […]
In his meeting with Dr Hans Friederich, the Director-General of INBAR, the Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “India has the potential to become a leader in international bamboo export.” Read the coverage on India Today
INBAR Director-General, Dr. Hans Friederich: explorer and bamboo enthusiast Read the full story here
As 2017 draws to a close, we consider the work of the South-South Knowledge Transfer Strategies project. For millions of disadvantaged people in Eastern and Southern Africa, bamboo has high potential for contributing to poverty alleviation, environmental protection and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Bamboo can be easily integrated into agriculture – including wastelands, […]
The sheer number of bamboo species can make it difficult to know how to treat and use them. This is one major challenge which the INBAR-led, IFAD and EU funded South-South Knowledge Transfer Strategies project is aiming to tackle, through its intensive training programmes taking place in Ethiopia, Madagascar and Tanzania. In the most recent, […]
CRS-INBAR Project The state of Odisha has often faced numerous challenges on account of it being frequently impacted by flooding, cyclones and monsoon rains which in turn recurrently causes widespread damage to shelters. CRS (Catholic Relief Services) recently commissioned INBAR (International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation) to conduct a study on bamboo shelters in this State, with […]
The Chief Minister of Nagaland urges bamboo experts to come together to strengthen the sector 18 and 19 September 2017 – World Bamboo Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm in Nagaland, a state of the North East Region of India. Celebrations were held at the Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, at an event organized by the […]
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
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), […]
