This TOTEM on rattan pole steam bending has been produced at the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), Laguna, Philippines. It may be used alone, or in conjunction with the TOTEM on the rattan oil curing, bleaching and preservation unit, which has been produced by the Forest Research Institute, Malaysia (FRIM) and the TOTEM […]

This TOTEM on manufacturing woven bamboo products has been produced by Xiao JiangHua and Wu LiangRu at the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Fuyang, China. It may be used alone, or in conjunction with the TOTEM on the bamboo splitting and slivering unit, which has been produced by the Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training […]

This TOTEM on community based woven rattan products manufacturing has been produced at the Forest Products Research and Development Institute, Laguna, the Philippines. The report part of this TOTEM describes the technology for producing and establishing a community based woven products manufacturing units for rural development in regions where rattan is available as a raw […]

Bamboo has been increasing in importance as an NTFP in Tanzania over the last two decades. This study examines the production-to-consumption systems in the country, identifying constraints in the chain, and making recommendations for a better framework.

This socioeconomic study of the bamboo sector in Costa Rica. This sector is extremely small, and its development depends on the specific politics that the current governments adopts, particularly in relation to housing which is one of the most viable uses of bamboo in the country.

The proposed study is an integral part of the strategic agenda set by INBAR to conduct a series of research on bamboo economy in major production and trade countries through effective collaboration with local research partners. Aiming to give a thorough investigation on the subject of the Chinese bamboo product trade, it will collect and […]

In the Indian forestry sector, bamboo is the most important sub-sector. Forests, in India, being in the state list of subjects for long time, and in the last two decades, there has been a drastic change in forest policy and the orientation of forest management in India. In the light of these changes in national policy, […]

Latin America is the richest region of the Americas in terms of the diversity and number of woody bamboo species. Twenty genera and 429 species of woody bamboos are distributed from north-western Mexico to southern Chile. A listing of native woody bamboo species by country is provided in this work.

This study was designed to produce a regional distribution map of all species of woody bamboos occurring in the Asia-Pacific region (South, Southeast and East Asia, Papua New Guinea and Australia). Qualitative data on distribution of woody bamboos were combined with data on existing forest cover. In the course of the study, 998 individual bamboo […]

The 2001 Annual Report outlines INBAR’s activities including programmes and publications.