Two local enterprises in Ethiopia are benefitting from INBAR-AECID’s strategic material support. Small and medium enterprises working with bamboo often have difficulty locating suitable environments for efficient and safe work. Seeking to remedy this gap, the INBAR-AECID Ethiopia Bamboo Supply Chain Development project constructed working sheds for two bamboo enterprises in Sidama, Ethiopia. The first, Hulegeb Bamboo Works, is a women-based association that specializes in bamboo weaving products. The second, Fiker Bamboo Enterprise, focuses on bamboo handicraft manufacturing. Both enterprises ..read more

https://www.inbar.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/短视频_2024成都世园会国际竹藤组织园.mp4   The INBAR Garden maintains the original terrain and vegetation as much as possible, making full use of low-carbon and eco-friendly bamboo to create a modern West Shu Bamboo Culture Exhibition Garden. The much-anticipated International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu (Chengdu Expo) will be held from 26 April to 28 October. The theme of this year’s Chengdu Expo is “Park City, Beautiful Habitat,” with the concept of “Green and Low Carbon, Conservation and Sustainability, Sharing and Inclusiveness.” INBAR will b ..read more

We look forward to your visit to INBAR Garden at the Chengdu Expo 2024! The much-anticipated International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu (Chengdu Expo) will be held from 26 April to 28 October.The theme of this year’s Chengdu Expo is “Park City, Beautiful Habitat,” with the concept of “Green and Low Carbon, Conservation and Sustainability, Sharing and Inclusiveness.” The International Bamboo and Rattan Organization will be attending the Chengdu Expo this year and has built a unique bamboo garden. We look forward to your visit! https://www.inbar.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/短视频_2024 ..read more

Meeting between Head of China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration and INBAR’s Director General points the way forward for future collaboration. On 19 April 2024, Mr. Guan Zhiou, Administrator of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Management Bureau) (NFGA), met with INBAR’s Director General, Ambassador Teshome Toga Chanaka, in Beijing. Both sides had in-depth exchanges on continuing to strengthen cooperation in the fields of bamboo and rattan. Guan congratulated Teshome on his official appointment as the Director General of INBAR, and introduced the ..read more

A project in Ecuador is driving sustainability and empowerment in Amazonian communities through the management of bamboo. As part of the project “Strengthening the production and commercialization of guadua bamboo by the Kichwa Women’s Association of Napo – AMUKINA and producers of the Quijos Nationality,” financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and with technical support from the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition (MAATE) in Ecuador, INBAR is enhancing the capacities and knowledge of six communities in the Amazonian province of Napo in the sustainable mana ..read more

INBAR welcomes H.E. Mr. Teshome Toga Chanaka as its sixth Director General. INBAR is delighted to announce the Council’s approval of the appointment of H.E. Mr. Teshome Toga Chanaka as INBAR’s new Director General. H.E. Mr. Teshome most recently served as Commissioner of the National Rehabilitation Commission of Ethiopia from 6 January 2023 to 13 March 2024. During his long professional career, he has occupied senior leadership positions within Ethiopia’s government, including Minister of Public Enterprises and Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture. H.E. Mr. Teshome also has extensive experie ..read more

Field visit by important project partner affirms the “exemplary” work done in Ethiopia. The INBAR-AECID Ethiopia Bamboo Supply Chain Development project, launched in January 2023 and based out of the INBAR East African Regional Office (EARO), is funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). With the objective of contributing to building a circular economy and resilience to climate change through the development of bamboo-based reliable supply chain development, the project operates in three regions of Ethiopia: Southern, Sidama and Addis Ababa. A team from th ..read more

INBAR project in Latin America and the Caribbean Region leads to the discovery and description a new species of bamboo from Colombia. This research is the result of the study “Identification of bamboo species and their potential uses in the Amazon region of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru”, which was carried out thanks to the project “Innovation and promotion of bamboo through participatory action research processes for resilient agriculture in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru— Bambuzonia”, funded by INBAR and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. The new species of bamboo, Guadua bambu ..read more

Training empowers East African bamboo stakeholders with skills and knowledge to refine product development and build up the industry. INBAR’s East African Regional Office organized a three-day training on Bamboo Value-Chains and Industrial Product Development from 22 to 24 February 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training was organized under the Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme and the AECID-supported project on Building Circular Economy and Climate Change Resilience through Bamboo Supply Chain Development in Ethiopia. Bamboo experts from the premier institute of Industri ..read more

H.E. Angellah Kairuki, Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism (left) and H.E. Ali Mchumo, Director General of INBAR (right). A National Bamboo Strategy and Action Plan has been launched in Tanzania, paving the way for the country to fully utilize bamboo as a renewable resource and tool to combat climate change. The National Bamboo Strategy and Action Plan seeks to develop a framework for encouraging bamboo production, processing, and usage across several economic sectors, including carbon credit programs based on bamboo. The launch event occurred in Tanzania’s National College of Tourism ..read more