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 […]

“以竹代塑”倡议及“以竹代塑”全球行动计划（2023-2030）

This report aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information on the trade of China’s bamboo and rattan commodities in 2022 in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format.

This report aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information on the international trade of bamboo and rattan commodities in 2021 in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format.

China and INBAR jointly co-launched the Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic (BASP) Initiative in 2022, which seeks to leverage bamboo to reduce plastic pollution and address climate change. Now, one year later, they have released the official Global Action Plan for Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic (2023-2030). This will act as a roadmap […]

While bamboo has been overlooked in biodiversity conservation planning for some time, awareness is growing for its many uses in the fight, especially as INBAR is now part of the three Rio conventions and Observer to the UN General Assembly, where we use our voice to “tilt” global actions in a greener direction, advocating on […]

El manual constructivo incluye estructuras agropecuarias en bambú realizadas por el equipo de vinculación con la sociedad, de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Central del Ecuador en colaboración con la Organización Internacional del Bambú y Ratán (INBAR) en el marco del proyecto “Innovación y promoción del bambú a través de procesos […]