Training Course in Belgium 31 July - 3 August 2023
A training course hosted by DKB's Jan Oprins and WBO Ambassador Jean Luc Kouyoumji's Bambou Sciences et Innovations NPO has been designed to meet the need for knowledge and know- how. Time will be divided between technical and practical training. Requested by bamboo project holders, the team created this training course to meet the essential needs expressed, such as project concerns: the creation of a plantation, the management of a nursery, the maintenance of a plantation, the exploitation of bamboo c
Read more...European Bamboo Expo a big success!
The European Bamboo Expo, held on June 2nd and 3rd, 2023, in the Dietrich-Keuning-Haus, Leopoldstraße 50-58, Dortmund, was a resounding success. The expo served as an essential meeting point for professionals, stakeholders, and decision-makers in the bamboo industry in Europe, offering a global perspective. The expo was open to the general public, and it aimed to be Europe's leading exhibition for the bamboo trade.
Read more...European Bamboo Expo 2-3 June 2023 in Dortmund, Germany
The WBO has partnered with WeProductions as a media partner to promote the upcoming European Bamboo Expo in Dortmund, Germany, 2-3 June 2023. Executive Director Susanne Lucas will present the role of the WBO in the global effort to promote bamboo as a sustainable resource. Read here the backstory of the history of the bamboo conversation in the "west"
Read more...Call for Papers - 12th WBC Taiwan
The 12th World Bamboo Congress is now accepting papers for consideration for a video presentation as part of its vast Program. There will be no oral presentation of selected papers in principle, only videos. However, the best papers might be invited for an oral presentation, and the organizers reserve the right to the final decision.
Read more...UN Global Compact Communication on Engagement
The World Bamboo Organization continues its support of the United Nations Global Compact.
Read more...Welcome World Bamboo Ambassadors
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5th World Bamboo Workshop in Guatemala, 26-29 October 2023
The coastal Caribbean community of Punta Brava on the shores of Lake Izabal, Guatemala has been chosen to host the 5th World Bamboo Workshop from 26-29 October this year. This village is a living example of how bamboo can help develop and sustain climate-resilient communities.
Read more...Rest in Peace, dear Walter Liese
Our beloved mentor, teacher, scholar, gentleman, friend, Dr. Walter Liese, has passed away. To many of us, he was like a father or a grandfather, helping and critiquing us as we searched for knowledge in understanding bamboo. Fortunately he lived a very long life to the age of 97, working until the end, to understand all he could about bamboo, too.
Read more...Welcome World Bamboo Ambassadors 2023
Just as #bambooisgrowing, our World Bamboo Ambassador corps is growing, too! Staying on top of the newest technologies, opportunities, projects, potentials and research is a daunting task, and the only way it can be accomplished is with dedicated teamwork. WBO is fortunate to have this committed team of people who work independently yet collectively to support our mission to promote the sustainable utilization of bamboo on the planet.
Read more...European Bamboo Expo 2023
The ”European Bamboo Expo” is the first bamboo trade exposition in Europe and aims to be Europe’s leading fair, open to the general public, and a meeting platform for professionals, stakeholders, and decision-makers from the bamboo sector in Europe and around the world.
Read more...Advances in Bamboo Science Journal
There is a new scientific Journal devoted entirely to bamboo, with Dr. John Innes, former dean of forestry at the University of British Columbia, as it's Editor-in-Chief. This Journal is published by Elsevier, B.V.
Read more...Taoyuan to host World Bamboo Congress in 2024
The Taiwan Forestry Bureau is to host the 2024 World Bamboo Congress in Taoyuan, after the event was postponed and then canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Forestry Bureau said yesterday. The nation’s bid to host the conference is part of the bureau’s bamboo industry revival program that is being implemented from this year to 2025.
Read more...The 4th World Bamboo Workshop Vietnam 2022
A short film made by Santosh Oinam featuring the 4th World Bamboo Workshop held 16-21 September in Phu An Bamboo Village, Vietnam, 2022.
Read more...Wrap-up of the 4th World Bamboo Workshop Vietnam 2022
The focus of this workshop was to reveal the potentials of bamboo as a sustainable resource, a biomaterial that can - while providing us with healthier buildings - also heals the planet’s wounds. It can rehabilitate the environment that we humans have harmed and provide a nutritious food to feed our expanding population on this planet.
Read more...In Honor of World Bamboo Pioneers 2022
The Bamboo Pioneer Award: This initiative was started in 2009 at the 8th WBC in Bangkok. It is rooted in gratitude and in giving recognition. The Bamboo Pioneer Award is a small gesture by the World Bamboo Organization, yet very important to me
Reduce single-use plastic with bamboo products
WBO sends a SHOUT OUT to Lè Xuän Hà of Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam. He and his family grow, harvest and manufacture bamboo products as a substitute for single-use plastic. Their company, Vibabo, is doing their part in helping the planet, while improving their rural livelihood and maintaining biodiversity on their family farm.
Read more...Engineered Bamboo Conference Followup
Thanks to the University of British Columbia's Forestry Department, the WBO co-hosted a three day virtual conference in March, 2022 focused on the subject of Engineered Bamboo in Sustainable Construction. This was very well attended and we received an enormous amount of questions. In an attempt to fulfill our goal of answering all those questions,
Read more...Kwabena Akodwaa-Boadi - World Bamboo Foundation Fellowship Experience Blog
Together, we motivated farmers to plant bamboo and assisted communities to establish community bamboo plantations to contribute to mitigating the excesses of climate change in the transitional zone of the country. We established a 10-hectare bamboo agroforestry demonstration farm and a bamboo nursery where farmers could easily get assess to bamboo seedlings to plant. Our ambition was to gradually turn slash and burn farmers to “Bamboo Agroforesters.”
Read more...Imagine Bamboo: World Bamboo Landmark Event in the UK
The World Bamboo Organization is pleased to be part of Imagine Bamboo, a brand new, ambitious public art project produced by Imagineer Productions, as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival. Imagine Bamboo has been labeled a World Bamboo Landmark event.
Read more...Apsana Kafle - World Bamboo Foundation Fellowship Experience Blog
I was selected as one of eight fellows of the World Bamboo Foundation’s Fellowship 2021/22. The Fellowship supported me to explore the implication of silviculture management of bamboo on timber development in developing counties.
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