This report presents the results of a joint collaborative effort between the International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR) and the Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme (Phase-II) on testing the age-wise properties, machine, and product compatibility of Ethiopian highland (Oldeania alpina) and lowland (Oxytenanthera abyssinica) bamboo species. Although the report focuses on Ethiopian bamboo […]

Bamboo as a Plastic Substitute to Address Plastic Pollution and Climate Change This document was written by Li Yanxia, Durai Jayaraman and Austin Smith under INBAR’s Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic (BASP) Initiative and the Trade, Development, and Environment Hub project with financial support from the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund […]

This technical report attempts to revise the list of priority species of rattan. Resolving the taxonomic and nomenclatural problems related to rattan is quite difficult given the high morphological variation and widespread taxa across different countries that are often treated as separate species or varieties. As rattans are not cultivated in large-scale plantations by farmers […]

This study conducts a literature review to gain a better understanding of the effects on biodiversity of the expansion of bamboo product development and trade in China. In particular, it focuses on changes in the bamboo product supply chain in China, including changes in bamboo forest areas, bamboo management practices, product development and trade of […]

This technical report attempts to revise the list of priority species of bamboo. Earlier efforts have been primarily focused on Asian species, while neglecting the prospects of American and African species. Authors undertook a fresh examination of bamboo species biodiversity from the perspective of the wider range of bamboo products and applications available today. One […]