KEY FACTS

• The Republic of Suriname joined INBAR on 1 February 2007
• Suriname’s designated focal point with INBAR is the Ministry of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management
• Six bamboo species had been identified in Suriname by 2014. Three of them are native species, the rest exotic
• Bamboo vegetation is merged within the natural dense tropical rainforest that covers over 90% of Suriname’s territory.