The World Bamboo Organization is a diverse group consisting of individual people, commercial businesses, non-profit associations, institutions, and allied trade corporations that all share a common interest = BAMBOO. The purpose of the WBO is to improve and promote this common interest, as well as the conditions affecting, and the industry surrounding, this common interest. We are dedicated to promoting the use of bamboo and bamboo products for the sake of the environment and economy.
Dedicated volunteers steer the World Bamboo Organization.The Ambassadors work independently but are connected as a team, and we collaborate to expand the potential of our actions and our mission.
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...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...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...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...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
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...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...If bio-based solutions are essential to our future built environment, with an unlimited demand for limited resources, the faster we move toward growing and using more timber bamboo, the better.
Read more...Now in Spanish: This book is a timely resource with immediate relevance, providing a roadmap for using bamboo for poverty reduction and environmental remediation. Presenting over 40 cases of bamboo development across 22 countries, this book shares valuable successes and failures of pioneering endeavors.
Read more...Interested in hosting the 13th World Bamboo Congress in 2023? The World Bamboo Organization invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) for hosting the 12th World Bamboo Congress from institutions, bamboo societies, NGOs and universities based in any of the following locations:
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