Times of India, 03.01.2016 – In an effort to address Nepal’s post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan country’s abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods.
INBAR is working to promote the inclusion of bamboo in wood product standardisation. November 5 – INBAR attended a preparatory meeting of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)’s new Technical Committee (TC), ISO/TC 287. Formed this year, ISO/TC 287 considers ‘Sustainable processes for wood and wood-based products’. The meeting, which was held at ISO Headquarters […]
Bamboo and Rattan at the Heart of Non-Timber Forest Products Workshop in Yaoundé 6 November 2019 – INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office put bamboo and rattan at the very centre of Cameroon’s conversation around non-timber forest products (NTFPs) at national-level workshop. Since opening this year, INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office (CARO) has been representing INBAR […]
18 October 2019 – Uganda becomes fourth INBAR Member State to approve National Bamboo Strategy and Action Plan with support from INBAR’s Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme. Following the release of China’s Bamboo Action Plan in 2012, INBAR’s Member States have been developing their own bamboo strategy and action plans to facilitate the sustainable […]
