Biodiversity in Bamboo Forests
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…
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…
When I worked in Thailand from 1999 to 2004, we lived in Turtle House on Soi Prommitr in the Sukhumvit area of central Bangkok. Turtle house got its name from…
I spent the Christmas and New Year’s holiday on the island of Gozo, which is part of Malta. The weather was generally nice, and the island was quiet, compared to…
I visited Trebah Gardens in Cornwall in South-West England, a sub-tropical paradise near Falmouth with a stunning coastal backdrop of the Helmford River. It is one of the Great Gardens…
I visited Yunnan Province in southern China several times during the first years of this century, when I was helping the local authorities and the UNESCO National Committee of China…
I was recently in Europe, and talked with different people about bamboo. Many see bamboos as a threat, and talk about the invasiveness of bamboo. I wonder how big a threat…
Last month, I read “the Siege of Tsingtao” by Jonathan Fenby. This is a book that describes the battle between the German forces in the port of Qingdao 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…
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…
