Natural Capital = Bamboo
From 1994 to 2004, I worked in the Mekong Region, first in Vietnam and later on in a regional role from Bangkok. In 2004, I moved to Switzerland, and I…
From 1994 to 2004, I worked in the Mekong Region, first in Vietnam and later on in a regional role from Bangkok. In 2004, I moved to Switzerland, and I…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about…
This morning, I walked passed a park in Beijing, and the local gardeners were busy preparing for winter. It can get cold in Beijing, and in December and January it…
I am reading this piece about bamboo and energy. This is particularly relevant as INBAR has just completed its project on bamboo charcoal in Ethiopia and Ghana, and we are…
When you look at the map of the distribution of all types of bamboo, it covers a tropical and sub-tropical belt from southern USA to Brazil, via the central part…
I am on the way to Beijing to take on the responsibilities of Director-General of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). The Headquarters of INBAR are in China, and…
Are social media networks as useful as they are made out to be? I have a LinkedIn network with more than 1200 first connects. Many of these contacts have been…
It may not be front page news, but next year there will be a major shift in the management of two of the world’s largest environmental organisations. What will…
The European Crop Protection Agency (ECPA) organised its second “Hungry for Change” conference in Brussels last Thursday 11 April. The meeting brought together nearly 250 people from all walks of life…
Most of the UK press and many of the papers in Switzerland where I live have been pre-occupied in the past weeks with the fact that beef lasagne and other…
