A briefing on the Paris Agreement and what it means for bamboo and rattan producing countries.

An INBAR statement to the UN Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) on bamboo and rattan’s benefits for climate-smart country action plans.

INBAR statement to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification on how bamboo can be a strategic resource to achieve land degradation neutrality.

The 2015 Annual Report outlines INBAR’s activities including programmes and publications.

As a first step in defining a Southeast Asia-wide agenda for rattan-based development, the INBAR with its partners held a workshop in June 2015. This consultation brought together key stakeholders in the rattan development community to discuss and reach a common understanding of Asia region-wide issues and challenges to rattan-based development. Participants discussed the framework […]

        This brochure gives a summary of IFAD's support to bamboo development as an engine to improve rural livelihoods from 1997 to 2015.        Bamboo value chains for income and food security: Solutions for smallholder farmers and producers as businesses; empowering rural women; supporting their roles in agriculture; supporting country leadership for national development; addressing climate change; and […]

The translated third edition of this construction manual, first published in 2005, provides a basic, hands-on guide to using bamboo for construction: from choosing and treating the raw material, to putting together durable and safe structures. It draws heavily on experiences from the Andean region of Latin America, where bamboo is a historical construction material. […]