Horticultural bamboo in Qingdao, China
I am in the beach resort and port town of Qingdao, well known for its beer brand in China. The reason for my visit is the 2014 Horticultural Exposition, which…
I am in the beach resort and port town of Qingdao, well known for its beer brand in China. The reason for my visit is the 2014 Horticultural Exposition, which…
I am reading this piece about bamboo and energy. This is particularly relevant as INBAR has just completed its project on bamboo charcoal in Ethiopia and Ghana, and we are…
INBAR is in charge of the Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Global Partnership Programme, and is trying to identify case studies of successful NTFP production. One of the striking examples of…
Last week I saw for the first time in my life a bamboo shoot appear above ground. I was in Changning County of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, on the…
Yesterday, we had a visit by D.N. Tewari. He is an Indian specialist with a distinguished career in forestry management. He was the first Director-General of the Indian Council for Forestry…
When I visited the Bamboo museu in Anji County, Zhejiang Province, China last week, I was photographed next to a bamboo bike. I know many people see bamboo bikes are…
On Saturday 8 March and Sunday 9 March, I visited Anji County in Zhejiang Province. Anji County produces nearly 20% of China’s bamboo industry, and half of the annual income…
Last Friday, I left Bejing with my colleague Dr Fu Jinhe and my wife Bee to travel south to Zhejiang Province, and more specifically to Suichang County, which is the…
Last week, I was asked to be panellist at the closing session of the World Congress on Agroforestry in Delhi. The topic for the panel discussion was agroforestry and the…
When you look at the map of the distribution of all types of bamboo, it covers a tropical and sub-tropical belt from southern USA to Brazil, via the central part…
