Bamboo, rattan and FOCAC
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…
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…
After four years at the helm of the Secretariat of INBAR, I finally visited the Green School in Ubud village in central Bali. This is a well-known bamboo development, with…
Happy New Year from the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation Last weekend, I attended the China Council for International Cooperation for Environment and Development (CCICED) as delegate and international Member….
A few weeks ago, I was in Ghana, one of the 18 Member states of INBAR in Africa, and the host of our Regional Office for West Africa. The INBAR…
I have just returned from Nepal where I attended the National Consultation Workshop on “Bamboo for Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction in Nepal”. This is one of the activities in a CFC-funded…
I celebrated Christmas 2015 in Thailand. My wife and I visited good friends in Chiang Mai, and we subsequently spent some days further north in rural Thailand. It was a…
Greening “One Belt – One Road” with bamboo and rattan This morning, I attended the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Annual General Meeting for a…
I attended the 12th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ankara. The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) is a new Observer to UNCCD, and…
I attended the 11th meeting of the United Nations Forum on Forests in New York in May this year, as the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) is an…
