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International Network for Bamboo And Rattan

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INBAR

• Established in 1997 in China as a global Inter-Governmental Organization

• Improve the lives of the producers and users of bamboo and rattan through sustainable management, use and trade of the resources.

• International Commodity Body for bamboo and rattan since 2001

39 States, mainly from the Global South

INBAR Member States

40

Structure

• Headquarters in Beijing, China

• Regional offices in India, Ghana, Ethiopia, Ecuador

• Governed by a Council of Members

• Board of Trustees

New Strategy

• 2015 – 2030

• International Development Organisation

• Support SDGs through bamboo and rattan

• Poverty; Energy; Housing; Ecosystems; Climate Change; Trade

• 4 Goals

– Policy influence

– Knowledge management

– Capacity building

– Applied field Research

Monopodial (Running) Bamboo

Bamboo

Copyright: International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

Global Distribution of Bamboo

Rattan Palm

Wikipedia

Global Distribution of Rattan

Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew

Recent Success Stories

• Landscape restoration in Sichuan, China in response to the 2008 Earthquake

• Bamboo charcoal production in Ethiopia and Ghana

• Affordable housing construction in Andes Region and Himalayas

Priorities for the coming years

• Landscape restoration

• Renewable energy

• Climate change mitigation

• Green construction and regulations

• Facilitating enabling environment for trade

• Sustainable management of rattan