In November 2012, WBO President Michel Abadie, WBO, CEO Susanne Lucas and Damyang-gun Governor Choi Hyung-sik announced Damyang, in South Korea as the official host of the 10th World Bamboo Congress, WBC. The 10th World Bamboo Congress will be very unique: it will coincide as part of the World Ba…
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Bamboo Floor Tiles made in the state of Tripura in North East India is headed for European market
Bamboo flooring is a growing craze worldwide. It is uniquely attractive, strong, resilient, moisture and stain resistant and environmentally friendly. Bamboo is ecologically friendly and has unrivalled capacity to capture carbon. It is a family of grass and not a tree, it matures quickly in as li…
Numaligarh refinery in North East Indian state of Assam explores possibility of producing bio-fuel from bamboo.
Bamboo is one of the major non-food biomass resources available abundantly in North-East India and is amongst the fastest growing plants. Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum, would soon explore the feasibility for production of ethanol from bamboo bioma…
MIT researchers working on ways to engineer the grass to create a more structurally sound building material
While bamboo has many similarities to wood as a building material, it also has very distinct properties. In-depth analysis of the microstructure of bamboo has uncovered its potential for use in composite materials with stronger and denser properties. Various attempts are going on aimed at develop…
Vihiga County in Kenya set to invest Sh10 million in a bamboo research centre
Vihiga County is an administrative region in the former Western Province of Kenya. According to Kenyan News portal Standard Digital, Vihiga County is set to invest Sh10 million in a bamboo research centre to sensitise residents on the importance of the plant and help increase its acreage in Weste…
More and more Bamboo bike projects in Ghana are gaining worldwide recognition
Bamboo does not get much respect in Ghana. Farmers see it as a nuisance to be cleared from their land. Construction workers use it to prop up buildings under construction. But Kwabena Danso thinks bamboo is worth more than that. His company, Booomers International, has been making bicycle frames …
Fighting typhoons and storms with bamboo homes in Philippines
Philippines has some of the poorest people in the world whose troubles are compounded by typhoons and floods. A global architectural design contest formed by a partnership of the Quezon City government, Climate Change Commission, MyShelter Foundation, United Architects of the Philippines, and Ph…