Bamboo charcoal – what an amazing resource
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 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…
I have signed a contract with the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) to become their new Director-General, with effect from 1 January 2014. The position is based at INBAR’s…
Next week, the World Forum on Natural Capital will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland. Natural Capital can be defined as the world’s stocks of natural assets which include geology, soil,…
I am on the island of Gozo in the middle of the Mediterranean, and one of the big questions over coffee every day is: “which beach is free of jellyfish”? …
Reading about the smog in Singapore, and listening to the recent debates makes me wonder. The world seemed to treat this disaster as an unexpected happening, and urgent political discussions…
Last week I talked with the organisers of the 10th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10) that will take place in Salamanca, Spain from 4 to 10 October 2013. The agenda is…
