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2012 INBAR Bamboo Tour

2012-01-29T16:10:00.001+08:00

2012 INBAR Bamboo Tour
19-30 June 2012, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Guangdong, China

http://www.inbar.int/show.asp?BoardID=171&NewsID=798

In cooperation with the International Center for Research on Agro-Forestry (ICRAF), INBAR organized 2005 Bamboo Study Tour in Zhejiang province of China during 10th-16th May, 2005. 20 participants from 7 countries (Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, U.S.A, Vietnam and Thailand) joined the study tour and witnessed the achievements of Chinese bamboo development over the last 30 years.
As request of UNIDO, INBAR organized 2007 bamboo study tour 15-24 April in Zhejiang and Sichuang provinces of China. There were 18 participants from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Australia, Malaysia, India and Netherlands, including Mr. Ahmed Nassir, the State Minister of Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, Director General of Ethiopia Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency, Permanent Sectary of Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resource, Director of Kenya Forest Research Institute and Dr. Coosje Hoogendoorn, Director General of INBAR.
3-7 Nov, 2007 INBAR organized also a bamboo tour in Zhejiang province for 4 ministers of INBAR member countries, CFC official and diplomats.
2008 Bamboo Tour had 14 participants from Australia, Ethiopia, Laos, Mexico, Kenya, Uganda, and the USA. The director of Kenya Forest Service joined the tour.
22 participants from 11 countries (Brazil, Britain, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, the Philippines and the U.S.A.) joined 2009 Bamboo Tour.
October of 2009, tour for chair and board members of INBAR was also organized to Zhejiang and Huangshan.
2010 Bamboo tour between 19-29 May attracts Our 27 participants from 12 countries, among which there was a Thai group consisting 11 members, the rest 16 friends came from Indonesia, the Philippines, Mexico, Colombia, Jamaica, Belize, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, France, Mauritius. They were curious for everything that caught their eyes, a barrage of “wow, what’s that” always echoed each other the moment they got on the bus. The 10-day trip covered 6 cities/counties. They were Shanghai, An’ji County, Lin’an County, Suichang County, Hangzhou city in Zhejiang Province, Chengdu in Sichuan Province. The trip was not only a stage for bamboo knowledge communication but also a way to promote the understanding of Chinese life style.
2011 INBAR Bamboo Tour was organized again from 19 to 30 June. 26 People from 10 countries participated in this tour, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, Brazil, German, South Africa, USA, Cameron, Britain, Vietnam, China. They come from different organization and companies related to bamboo. The tour group visited Hangzhou, Suichang, Lin’an, Anji, Qingshen, Chengdu and finally Xi’an and exchanged different bamboo experiences with local companies and families, from cultivation to various bamboo products production.
2011 Bamboo Industrial Tour was organized 20-26 November with 21 participants from Thai, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Philippines, Netherlands, Belgium, Kenya, USA, Italy for visiting Hangzhou, Anji, Lin’an and Suichang.
The objective of the annual bamboo study tours is to share the experience of Chinese bamboo development and to promote bamboo development in other countries.
The bamboo study tours have attracted many attentions; hence we will organize the 2012 Bamboo Tour to China 19-30 June to visit Zhejiang, Sichuan and Guangdong province. The cost in China is 2300$/person covering accommodation, food, transportation and entrance tickets in China during 19-30 June. Participants should cover their international flights and the domestic flights to Hangzhou and from Guangzhou as well as travel insurance and visa fee.

You could read the reports of 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 bamboo tours and see some photos of the tours. The itinerary will be available soon and below is the draft for the visiting.
All participants should arrive in Hangzhou airport on 19 June and depart from Guangzhou airport on 30 June.
In Zhejiang we will visit some leading bamboo flooring manufacturers like DASSO (who produced bamboo fire-proof ceiling in Madrid international airport, which won 2006 Sterlinz prize. DASSO is producing bamboo interior veneer for 70,000 BMW cars per year and 45m long bamboo wind turbine blade manufacturer), producer of strand woven bamboo lumber and floor), companies for bamboo concrete form and firber board, bamboo curtain and mat and bamboo shoot processing, bamboo extract like flavonoid, bamboo beer), Wenzhao, the biggest bamboo charcoal company(charcoal and vinegar) and the only China Bamboo Charcoal Museum in the world, some primitive processing workshops(bamboo strips) on community level, companies for bamboo furniture, bamboo processing machine and Anji bamboo product market(hundreds bamboo products including bamboo clothes). We will also visit the biggest bamboo botanic garden in the world, Anji Bamboo Garden, which has more than 300 bamboo species plus 4 giant pandas, and Chinese Bamboo Museum in this garden; High-yield bamboo plantation, bamboo film production base (Hidden the Dragon and Crouch the Tiger, Banquet etc)and eco-tourism sites, ornamental bamboo nursery. We will visit some bamboo research institutions like Zhejiang Agro-Forestry University (visiting bamboo products showroom, bamboo charcoal, bamboo tissue culture lab). We try to dialogues with local politicians and experts on bamboo sector policies and technology, which encourage the enterprisers to invest in other bamboo production countries like Africa, Asia and America etc. We may help participants find suitable bamboo processing machine manufacturers (Strand woven bamboo, bamboo floor, charcoal briquette etc).
In Sichuan province, we will visit Wangjiang bamboo park (near 200 tropical bamboo species), Living Water Park(which shows waste water treatment by plants and biotechnology and won UNEP award), Chengdu Giant Panda Center(more than 100 pandas!), world famous Dujiangyan irrigation system, 2008 Earthquake Museum, INBAR bamboo handicrafts training base and China Bamboo Weaving Museum in Qingshen.

In Guangdong province, we will visit a bamboo museum, tropical bamboo plantation, tropical Bamboo processing etc and famous Lankun Bamboo Ecotourism hotel and South China botanic garden(including collection of many tropical bamboos).
Tentative schedule
19 June arrive in Hangzhou
20 June Hangzhou city-Suichang county of Zhejiang province
22 June Suichang county-Lin’an county
23 June Lin’an county-Anji county
24 June in Anji county
25 June Anji county-Hangzhou city-Chengdu city of Sichuan province
26-27 June Sichuan province
28-29 June Guangdong province
30 June departure from Guangzhou, Guangdong province
Please download the registration form and payment form here 2012 tour form and payment.doc .
For more information, please contact:
Ms. Li Xin and Dr. Fu Jinhe, INBAR
E-mail: xli@inbar.int and jfu@inbar.int

2011 INBAR Bamboo Industrial Tour

2011-09-06T14:20:00.003+08:00

2011 INBAR Bamboo Industrial Tour

18-24 November 2011, Zhejiang, China

more details please visit
http://www.inbar.int/show.asp?BoardID=171&NewsID=750

2011 INBAR Bamboo Tour to China

2011-02-01T10:35:00.000+08:00

2011 INBAR Bamboo Tour to China

19-30 June 2011 to Zhejiang, Sichuan and International Horticultural EXPO Xi’an

http://www.inbar.int/show.asp?BoardID=171&NewsID=702

bamboo photo

2010-11-20T12:45:00.003+08:00

For bamboo photos,please visit
http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/bamboo-photo/

report on 2008 bamboo tour to China

2008-12-23T09:49:00.005+08:00

http://www.geocities.com/zhuzi.geo/page12

Bamboo strips

2008-12-23T09:34:00.002+08:00

Bamboo in habitat of giant panda and its flowering phenomenon

2008-05-06T11:14:00.001+08:00

Authors: Liu Yingying, Fu Jinhe
World Bamboo and Rattan, 2007, Vol.5 No.1
Abstract: Giant panda is a rare animal endemic to China, which is called living fossil. But they are frequently threatened by large-scale bamboo flowering in their habitat. Bamboo flowering can occur sporadically or gregariously. This paper summarizes bamboo distribution, biologic character and bamboo flowering in giant panda habitat with view to explore feasible ways to protect bamboo resource and giant panda as well.
Keywords: giant panda, habitat, main food, bamboo flowering

国际竹藤组织竹业考察团考察中国竹产业

2008-05-05T10:43:00.002+08:00

为了考察中国竹业改革开放以来所取得的巨大成就，提高世界上其它国家发展竹业的积极性，2008年4月20-29日国际竹藤组织组织了这次在浙江和四川的竹业考查。考查团有14位成员,他们分别来自埃塞俄比亚、墨西哥、肯尼亚、美国、澳大利亚、加拿大、老挝和乌干达等国，成员包括墨西哥布埃布拉政府农村发展委秘书及竹产业高级顾问、布埃布拉工程师和农学家基金委高级顾问、商品共同基金东非竹子项目官员、肯尼亚林业主管、老挝农村发展顾问、美国竹协会官员等。这是继2005年为国际农用林中心、2007年为联合国工发组织东非竹子项目，以及2007年国际竹藤组织成员国部长及外交官组织的国际竹业考察团后的又一次考察。
国际竹藤组织傅金和博士带领考查团在浙江考察的竹地板企业有大庄竹地板公司、安吉雅风公司（重组竹地板）、安吉永裕公司（竹地板）、安吉金贸公司（窗帘、地毯）；从事竹笋加工的杭州康鑫食品公司、参观圣氏生物公司（竹叶黄酮）、参观竹制品加工小企业（粗加工厂）、谈竹庄（竹纤维制品）、安吉吉泰竹工机械厂及安吉竹产品市场等。参观了位于安吉的竹博园（博物馆、竹种园）、天下银坑大竹海及其影视基地、位于临安的太湖源观赏竹种园、遂昌的文照竹炭公司、杭州西湖及杭州中国丝绸博物馆。参观了浙江林学院竹类实验室、校园，请有关专家教授作了详细的讲解。
考察团成员于27-28日在成都参观了以竹为主题的望江公园、荣获联合国全球环境500佳的活水公园、成都大熊猫基地、举世闻名的都江堰水利工程和国际竹藤组织在青神的竹工艺培训基地。短短十天的考察，考察团成员均表示此行的所见所闻大大超出了他们的预期，收获颇多，对此极为满意。他们惊叹于过去二十几年来中国竹业所取得的世界领先的成绩和水平。此次考察大大提高了他们对竹子在保护环境、发展农村经济方面的意识。他们表示回国后将积极推动他们本国的竹业发展，促使其早日加入国际竹藤组织，并希望与国际竹藤组织、中国政府和企业合作，欢迎中国企业去他们国家投资发展竹产业。

2005 Ethiopian Training Workshop

2007-07-27T15:19:00.000+08:00

Workshop on Bamboo Cultivation and UtilizationJan.-Feb. 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Report in PDF is available for downloading

2006 UNIDO/INBAR Bamboo Furniture Training

2007-05-17T10:02:00.000+08:00

UNIDO/INBAR Bamboo Furniture Training March, 2006, Ambon, Indonesia
Project Report (PDF, 2.2MB)

2006 Ethiopian Training Workshop

2007-05-17T09:59:00.000+08:00

Advanced Training Workshop on Bamboo Furniture and WeavingNovember 6 - December 19, 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Report (PDF, 2MB)
Workshop on the Sustainable Development of Bamboo Sector for East AfricaDecember 4 - 16, 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Workshop for Promoting Ethiopian Bamboo Sustainable Development held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2007-05-17T09:56:00.000+08:00

"Unleashing the Economic importance of Bamboo in Ethiopia"
Workshop for Promoting Ethiopian Bamboo Sustainable Development held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Many Ethiopia decision makers meet to discuss Africa as one of the richest countries in bamboo resources. Bamboo is "magic" with "unexploited investment potential", The Ethiopian Herald described, after visiting the workshop for "Unleashing the Economic importance of Bamboo in Ethiopia" organized by INBAR on 19 December, 2006, in Addis Ababa.
Supported by Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the Chinese Embassy to Ethiopia. More than 100 attendances, including H. E. Mr. Tadesse Haile, the State Minister of Ministry of Trade and Industry, who in his opening speech called upon the private sector to actively contribute to the venture of bamboo utilization. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce also expressed interest for the cooperation to be continued.
Recognized attendants of the workshop also included H. E. Mr. Ahmed Nasir, the State Minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Wang Chao, the Assistant Minister of Ministry of Commerce of China, and high officials and experts from INBAR, the Chinese Embassy to Ethiopia, GTZ (German Technical Cooperation), EU, Irish Aid, CIDA(Canadian International Development Agency),USAID(United State Agency of International Development), as well as bamboo professionals, entrepreneurs, journalists, etc.
The presentation on "The Potential of Ethiopian Bamboo Development and Future Cooperation" by Dr. Fu Jinhe, expert from INBAR, inspired the Ethiopian attendants on the untapped potentials of bamboo in livelihood, environment and economic development. At the same time, Dr. Coosje Hoogendoorn, Director General of INBAR gave an update on INBAR's new strategy in the next five to ten years with four major goals focusing on networking, livelihood generation (poverty alleviation), environment conservation and trade development; while Ms. Song Shuang, officer from demonstrated the significance of bamboo in poverty alleviation and rural development by presenting the experience and the production model of a bamboo based handicraft making company in China.
The workshop attendants were also impressed by the hands-on training course on advanced technologies and skills on bamboo weaving and furniture making, carried out by INBAR with 23 trainees from Ethiopia, funded by Chinese Ministry of Commerce and implemented by INBAR in Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency (FeMSEDA).
Dr. Hoogendoorn, who chaired the discussions about the future development, cooperation and priority area of Ethiopian bamboo sector, considered that the result of the workshop was initiative and substantive. Mr. Nasir, commented at the closing speech that the technical assistance from INBAR has greatly contributed the sustainable development of Ethiopian bamboo resources, he strongly urge this effort to be strengthen in the future.
The Ethiopian News Agency, The Ethiopian Herald and ETV the Ethiopian TV station made substantial reports after the workshop about the potential of bamboo development and calls for investment in the relative sectors.

Tapping into bamboo

2007-05-07T11:38:00.000+08:00

2007年国际竹子考察团访问浙江和四川

2007-05-06T19:57:00.000+08:00

东非竹子项目是由国际商品共同基金资助，联合国工发组织执行并由国际竹藤组织监督在埃塞俄比亚和肯尼亚开展的一个竹子项目。为了考察中国竹业改革开放以来所取得的巨大成就，提高世界其它国家特别是东非国家发展竹业的积极性，应东非竹子项目的请求，2007年4月15-24日国际竹藤组织组织了这次在浙江和四川的竹业考查。考查团有18位成员，来自埃塞俄比亚、肯尼亚、卢望达、澳大利亚、马来西亚、印度及荷兰等国，成员包括埃塞俄比亚农业部国务部长、司长和中小企业局局长、肯尼亚环境与自然资源部常务秘书、林研所所长及国际竹藤组织总干事。这是继2005年与国际农用林中心合作组织的国际竹业考察团后的又一次考察。
国际竹藤组织傅金和博士带领考查团在浙江考察的竹地板企业有大庄竹地板公司、安吉雅风公司（重组竹地板）、安吉永裕公司（竹地板）、安吉辰宝竹胶板厂（模板）、安吉雪强公司（窗帘、地毯）、从事竹笋加工的杭州康鑫食品公司、参观圣氏生物公司（竹叶黄酮）、参观建中公司（竹炭、竹醋液）、参观竹制品加工小企业（粗加工厂）、安吉华春公司（竹家具）、安吉吉泰竹工机械厂及安吉竹产品市场等。安吉县领导陪同参观安吉国际竹艺商贸城（竹产品会展中心）。参观了位于安吉的竹博园（博物馆、竹种园）、天下银坑大竹海及其影视基地、位于临安的太湖源观赏竹种园、白沙村生态旅游度假村、杭州西湖及杭州中国丝绸博物馆。参观了中国林科院亚林所、浙江林学院竹类实验室、校园，请有关专家教授作了报告。
在安吉和临安分别召开了政策研讨会，介绍当地的竹业政策、技术和发展经验，并与部分竹子企业对话，鼓励到非洲和其他产竹国投资。
来自埃塞俄比亚的代表团还应中国商务部部长助理王超的邀请拜会了商务部。
在成都参观了以竹为主题的望江公园、荣获联合国全球环境500佳的活水公园、成都大熊猫基地、举世闻名的都江堰水利工程和国际竹藤组织在青神的竹工艺培训基地。
短短十天的考察，考察团成员的所见所闻大大超出了他们的预期，对此极为满意。他们极为惊叹在过去二十几年来中国竹业所取得的世界领先的成绩和水平，考察大大提高了他们对竹子在保护环境、发展农村经济方面的意识。他们表示将积极推动他们本国竹业发展，并希望与国际竹藤组织、中国政府和企业合作，欢迎中国企业去他们国家投资竹产业。

2007 Bamboo Study Tour in Zhejiang and Sichuan Province, China

2007-05-06T19:47:00.001+08:00

15-24 April 2007
East African Bamboo Project is a bamboo project in Ethiopia and Kenya funded by Common Fund for Commodities, implemented by UNIDO and monitored by INBAR. As request of the project, INBAR organized 2007 bamboo study tour in Zhejiang and Sichuang provinces of China together with the project. There were 18 participants from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Australia, Malaysia, India and Netherlands, including Mr. Ahmed Nasser, the State Minister of Ethiopian Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture and Permanent Sectary of Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resource and Dr. Coosje Hoogendoorn, Director General of INBAR.
In Zhejiang we visited some leading bamboo flooring manufacturers like DASSO(who produced bamboo fire-proof ceiling in Madrid international airport, which won 2006 Sterlinz prize. DASSO is producing bamboo veneer for 70,000 BMW cars’ interior decoration), Yafeng(who produces strand woven bamboo lumber and floor), Yongyu(bamboo floor), Shengbang(bamboo concrete form), Xieqiang(bamboo curtain and mat); modern Kangxing bamboo shoot processing company, Shenshi Bio-product company(bamboo extract like flavonoid, bamboo beer), Jianzhong bamboo charcoal company(charcoal and vinegar), some primitive processing workshops(bamboo strips), Huachun bamboo furniture company, Jitai bamboo processing machine company and Anji bamboo product market(several hundred bamboo products including bamboo clothes). We also visited the biggest bamboo botanic garden in the world, Anji Bamboo Garden, which has more than 300 bamboo species, and Chinese Bamboo Museum in this garden; High-yield bamboo plantation, bamboo film production base and eco-tourism sites, ornamental bamboo nursery, Baisha eco-tourism village，Hangzhou West Lake and China Silk Museum in Hangzhou. We visited some bamboo research institutions like The Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhejiang Forestry College(visiting bamboo products showroom, bamboo charcoal, bamboo tissue culture lab).
We had dialogues with local politicians and experts on bamboo sector policies and technology by two workshops in Zhejiang Forestry College and Anji County Government. In the workshop in Anji we had dialogues between some local bamboo enterprisers and our tour participants, which encourage the enterprisers to invest in other bamboo production countries like Africa and Malaysia etc.
Invited by Mr. Wang Chao, the Assistant Minister, Ethiopian delegation had visited Ministry of Commence of China.
In Chengdu, Sichuan province, we visited Wangjiang bamboo park(near 200 bamboo species), Living Water Park(which shows waster water treatment by plants and biotechnology), Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda, world famous Dujiangyan Water Project and INBAR bamboo handicrafts training base in Qingshen.
The participants were deeply impressed by the economic benefits, social benefits and the ecological benefits that brought about by bamboos, specially the great achievements by Chinese bamboo sector. Many government officials from East African countries expressed their eagerness in learning Chinese bamboo experience to promote the bamboo industry development in their own countries. Participants suggested INBAR to organize this kind of tour in the future.