Ghana is the present leader in the West Africa region in terms of bamboo and rattan sector development, and second only to Ethiopia in Africa as a whole.
This brief reflects on the experiences and lessons gained through INBAR’s work in Ghana to foster development of a bamboo and rattan sector that contributes to the achievement of broader national and global goals.
An architect with nearly 50 years of experience, INBAR Construction Task Force member Martin Tam tells INBAR why he believes this giant grass is the future of construction, not just in his native Hong Kong but all over the world. In Martin Tam’s native Hong Kong, the skyline has been long characterized by towering skyscrapers […]
The CEO of Canada-based firm ChopValue, Felix Böck, talks to INBAR about his firm’s vision for a circular economy He may have started out as a wood engineer, but Felix Böck says that “in Vancouver, people only know me as the chopstick guy.” Since founding ChopValue – a Canada-based company that collects used bamboo chopsticks […]
In 2018, INBAR helped to revitalise traditional bamboo weaving villages in a World Heritage site in Chishui, China Commonly referred to as “poor man’s gold”, bamboo is a multi-use woody resource, widely used in construction, pulping, plywood, handicrafts, and a diverse range of subsistence applications. As well as generating job opportunities and cash income, bamboo […]
