This book contains a global checklist of all known species of bamboos and rattans. It is an authoritative source of information on accepted species of bamboos and rattans, the correct names that should be applied to them, and the incorrect names that should not be used. It has been compiled from expert data sources, edited […]

INBAR has launched the Global Assessment of Bamboo and Rattan (GABAR) in order to quantify and qualify how bamboo and rattan currently contribute, and what their overall potential is, in terms of socio-economic and environmental development goals. Assessments such as GABAR seek to inform, and respond to, decision makers’ needs by synthesising and communicating complex information, […]

The long-term vision of this project executed for the period 2006-2013 is to turnaround the dependence of local livelihoods from tobacco farming to cultivation of alternative crops in Kenya. This final project report for Phase II covers a summary of activities undertaken for the whole project period of 19th December 2009 to 18th June 2013. […]

This Transfer of Technology Model is aimed at providing farmers, households, communities, and micro small charcoal producing enterprises with basic information on bamboo charcoal production and utilisation, with special emphasis on brick kiln construction and operation. It outlines the basic activities involved in bamboo charcoal production and takes the reader through a stepwise construction and […]

The bamboo plant supports an international trade which is worth more than USD 2 billion per year. Yet international trade represents only a small proportion of total bamboo usage – domestic use is estimated to account for at least 80 per cent. Bamboo is thus a major world commodity. This work is a first step towards […]

Mizoram is planned to be developed as the «Bamboo state of the country» as announced by the Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MoDoNER) and the Government of Mizoram in September 2015. Informing and discussing the results of the MoDoNER sponsored «Study on the Bamboo Sector in Northeast India and Entry Points for Development […]

As the effect our actions have on the global and local environment becomes increasingly apparent, we are better equipped with both evidence and resources to change our patterns of developments that these are sustainable in the long run. The bamboo sector in Southern China has brought great economic gains and rapid development to rural and […]

Manual do usuários de bambú conjunto portátil para ensaio em em português.

Manual de usuarios de bambú : equipos portátiles para ensayos de bambú.