Task Force on Sustainable Bamboo Management

The INBAR Task Force on Sustainable Bamboo Management aims to increase knowledge and inform practice about how to sustainably manage bamboo resources. A major output of the Task Force is to produce voluntary guideline standards that will boost sustainable management of bamboo forests and farms, as well as trade.

Bamboo is a highly versatile plant and is already an important part of landscape restoration, environmental protection and rural job creation initiatives across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Sustainable management and harvesting is critical to maintaining a sustainable supply of bamboo, and enhancing its potential for storing carbon and restoring degraded land. As such, it is imperative to develop technical guidelines and mechanisms for sustainable management of bamboo, to enhance its benefits for combatting climate change, supporting livelihoods, and boosting environmental protection and economic growth.

The Task Force was established with financial support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as part of the Inter-Africa Bamboo Smallholder Farmers Livelihood Development Programme. The primary beneficiary countries are Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Madagascar, as well as other INBAR Member States, particularly those in Africa.

Task Force Members

Dr. Muralidharan Enarth Maviton, Kerala Forest Research Institute, India
Dr. Yigardu Mulatu Mengesha, Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Ethiopia
Dr. Shyam Paudel, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Dr. San Win, University of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Myanmar
Prof. Martin Tchamba, University of Dschang, Cameroon
Mrs. Ximena Londoño, Colombian Bamboo Society, Colombia
Mr. Marc Peeters, PT Bamboo Nusa Verde, Belgium
Prof. Juan Carlos Camargo, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia
Mrs. Fortunate Senya, Tanzania Forest Services Agency, Tanzania
Mr. Stephen Galima, National Forestry Authority, Uganda
Dr. Paul Donfack, independent researcher
Dr. Van Tho Nguyen, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Viet Nam
Dr. Tefera Belay, UN Development Programme and Ethiopia Environment Commission, Ethiopia
Dr. Vidya Rajamma Sankar, Kerala Forest Research Institute, India
Mr. Marco Piazza, FAO
Dr. Nicholas Hogarth, University of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Abel Olorunnisola, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Mr. Martin Mwodi Kegere, National Forestry Authority, Uganda
Mr. Suraj Anuradha Vanniarachchy, Carbon Consulting Company, Sri Lanka
Dr. Adeyemi Chabi, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Dr. Jacques Drolet, International Development of Regulatory Globalization (IDRG)
Mr. John Agbo Ogbodo, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
Mr. Kwabena Akodwaa-Boadi, Bamboo for Integrated Development Ghana, Ghana
Mr. Edgardo Manda, Philippine Bamboo Foundation, Philippines
Mr. Ishmael Abdul Jalloh, Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute, Sierra Leone
Mr. Davie Moyo, Forestry Research Institute of Malawi, Malawi
Mr. Kuki Kathomi Njeru, Green Pot Enterprises Ltd., Kenya
Mr. Kolotiolokafolo Abdoulaye Soro, Programme d’appui au développement des filières agricoles (PADFA)
Mr. Noah Zimba, Green Basin Naturals, Zambia
Dr. Nambi Barathi, Growmore Biotech Ltd., India

Call for Experts

INBAR is now recruiting experts on sustainable bamboo management, to join the INBAR Task Force on Sustainable Bamboo Management. Experts in or from African countries, and women, are particularly invited to join. If you are interested, please follow this link to submit the form.

While Task Force experts are engaged on a purely voluntary basis, they will be part of a network of experts working on bamboo nutrition around the world. They can be accredited as Task Force experts on business cards and e-signatures.

Contact

For more information about this Task Force, please contact:

Rene Kaam, rkaam [at] inbar [dot] int

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