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10th World Bamboo Congress

The 10th World Bamboo Congress will take place in South Korea, hosted by the delegation of Damyang-gun.
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Ya-yin Lin

WBO Technical Committee member Ya-yin Lin goes to Damyang.
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A wonderful journey with bamboo in Damyang, South Korea

12 Jun 2013
10th WBC, 9th WBC, Bamboo, Bamboo Festival, Damyang, Lin Ya-Yin, World Bamboo Congress, “Bamboo for a Greener Future”
By LIN, Ya-Yin                                                                   2013/05/15  Life is full of surprises. We never know where we’re going to end up when we take our first step. In 2012, I went to Belgium to attend the 9th World Bamboo Congress (WBC). I had been invited by an architect friend to collaborate with her on the design of a bamboo library for an elementary school. We were looking for information about cutting-edge techniques for the treatment of bamboo as a structural bui
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Genome for Moso decoded

12 Jun 2013
giant timber bamboo, Han Bin, Jiang Zehui, moso, moso genome, textile industry
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (UPI) — Chinese scientists report they have decoded the genome for a variety of bamboo in hopes of improving it and using the plant as an alternative to wood. The results of the study of moso bamboo, a giant timber bamboo that can grow to more than 90 feet tall, have been published in the journal Nature Genetics. READ HERE:  http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.2569.html Jiang Zehui, leader of the researchers responsible for decoding the genome, said the
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Building with GUADUA…. workshop in Cali, Colombia

25 May 2013
Funde Guadua, Guadua, Induguadua, Simon Velez, Ximena Londono
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