Last week, I was part of the inaugural SUNx Malta 2020 Climate Friendly Travel and Tourism Think Tank with 35 global thought leaders from the travel and tourism sector. We…
I just attended the first Ibero Bamboo Symposium in Madrid , where I talked about bamboo in Europe. Planning for the symposium started in 2018, when I was the Director-General…
The United Nations Climate Action Summit has given a real boost to the recognition that nature can help us reach some of the Sustainable Development Goals (https://www.unenvironment.org/nbs-contributions-platform). There are some…
For the past five years, I was the head of the Secretariat of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (www.inbar.int) in Beijing, PR China. I stepped down in April this…
During the 20th Anniversary of INBAR, the Foreign Languages Press from China published the “100 Heroes of China’s Bamboo Industry”. The book is a snapshot of “who-is-who” in the bamboo…
INBAR was part of the 2017 Global Science, Technology and Innovation Conference (G-STIC), and we were again invited to attend this year. Unlike last year, when we arranged a whole…
INBAR is an organisation of 44 Governments that believe in bamboo and rattan, and we are constantly in touch with existing member states and potential new members. Let me give…
In December 2017, INBAR was officially confirmed as Observer to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Assembly normally meets in September, and I attended the High-Level segment of UNGA…
This year’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) took place in Beijing, China. The event, hosted by President Xi Jinping brought together delegations from Africa and China led by their Heads…
The first Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress, BARC 2018, opened on 25th June 2018, in Beijing, China. Although it is already two months ago, I want to use this moment…
