INBAR garden illustrates bamboo and rattan benefits
I wrote last week about the opening of the Qingdao Horticultural Expo, and the INBAR Garden, which highlights the role bamboo and rattan play for horticultural purposes. In Europe and the…
I wrote last week about the opening of the Qingdao Horticultural Expo, and the INBAR Garden, which highlights the role bamboo and rattan play for horticultural purposes. In Europe and the…
INBAR is in charge of the Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Global Partnership Programme, and is trying to identify case studies of successful NTFP production. One of the striking examples of…
Last week I saw for the first time in my life a bamboo shoot appear above ground. I was in Changning County of Sichuan Province in southwestern China, on the…
When I visited the Bamboo museu in Anji County, Zhejiang Province, China last week, I was photographed next to a bamboo bike. I know many people see bamboo bikes are…
On Saturday 8 March and Sunday 9 March, I visited Anji County in Zhejiang Province. Anji County produces nearly 20% of China’s bamboo industry, and half of the annual income…
Last Friday, I left Bejing with my colleague Dr Fu Jinhe and my wife Bee to travel south to Zhejiang Province, and more specifically to Suichang County, which is the…
I have spent one week of discussions, briefing notes and interactions with my new colleagues in INBAR. One of the issues that has come up a number of times is…
Getting people to pay their taxes or rent is not always straightforward. Could we use the novel solutions developed in some countries to collect tax and rent to help with…
My relationship with Royal Philips goes back a long way. My father worked for one of their factories, and I was therefore eligible for a study grant from the “Philips van…
I was at the University of Bristol, in Southwest England, last week to give the 43rd Annual Convocation Lecture. Convocation is the University of Bristol’s alumni association, and it was…
