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

December 21, 2016 – INBAR and the African Women’s Network for Sustainable Development (REFADD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing them to closer collaboration in developing regional women and bamboo initiatives across Central Africa. Read the full release at: Press release_REFADD

2 August 2016 – The government of the Netherlands and INBAR signed an agreement aimed at developing the bamboo sector in East Africa over the next three years. The project will build on Chinese and Dutch expertise in bamboo to help East Africa unlock its vast potential for bamboo and rattan use. Read the release […]

The new report Electrical Valorization of Bamboo, analyzing bamboo-to-electricity technologies in Rwanda, is the first official study verifying the use of bamboo biomass for energy production.  Using bamboo to produce electricity provides a sustainable alternative to traditional wood charcoal use in developing countries, and thus has the potential to reduce the pressure on deforestation. INBAR […]