Creating a Bamboo Industry in Europe
This is the text of my presentation to the European Bamboo Expo in Dortmund on 2 June 2023 Bamboo in China When I lived and worked in China, I…
This is the text of my presentation to the European Bamboo Expo in Dortmund on 2 June 2023 Bamboo in China When I lived and worked in China, I…
I was recently asked to join the Imagine Bamboo Summit in Birmingham, UK. This bamboo festival is part of the celebrations of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and it was…
Many people in Europe think that bamboos grow in monoculture plantations without any wildlife. Yet, natural bamboo forests form the habitat for a number of iconic mammal flagship species. The…
To celebrate the International Day of Forests in 2022, I want to explain the latest developments regarding Bamboologic in Europe. I am advisor to the company, and help to share…
Introduction Bamboo is a collective name for a group of botanical species that all belong to the grass family, the Graminea. The term applies both to the living plant and…
Introduction I am currently the Registrar of the Climate Friendly Travel (CFT) Registry, and I am advisor to the European Bamboo Programme, an initiative from Bamboologic BV . I have…
A climate resilient society has the capacity to deal with the effects of climate change, while responding to these changes with new approaches. The use of bamboo is one of…
I just attended the first Ibero Bamboo Symposium in Madrid , where I talked about bamboo in Europe. Planning for the symposium started in 2018, when I was the Director-General…
For the past five years, I was the head of the Secretariat of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (www.inbar.int) in Beijing, PR China. I stepped down in April this…
During the 20th Anniversary of INBAR, the Foreign Languages Press from China published the “100 Heroes of China’s Bamboo Industry”. The book is a snapshot of “who-is-who” in the bamboo…
