the global assessment of bamboo and rattan for green development

Global Assessment of Bamboo and Rattan for green development

(GABAR)

Trinh Thang Long

Beijing, November 2017

Bamboo and Rattan

1,642 species of bamboo and 631 species of rattan

Production values• Poverty alleviation

• Economics

• Job creation

• Socio-cultural values

Climate change and ecosystem services

• Climate change mitigation and adaptation

• Biodiversity value

• Soil erosion control

• Land restoration

Why NOT bamboo and rattan?

• Lack of vision and guidelines

• Lack of policy support (national and international)

• Lack of investors

Why? Insufficient knowledge and information on bamboo and

rattan resources

Insufficient knowledge of bamboo and rattan potential

Limited knowledge of advanced technologies and markets

GABAR aims

• To provide reliable, fundamental information to policy makers

• To provide science-based evidence to international agencies

• To lay out investment opportunities to donors

GABAR programmeProgramme goal: Bamboo and rattan significantly contribute to national socio-economic development, environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation through optimizing the potential of bamboo and rattan

GABAR objective 1 INBAR Member States have better information on bamboo and rattan resources and resource development for formulation of policy, development strategy and action plans

Result 1 Bamboo and rattan resource database established for Member States

Result 2 Bamboo and rattan cultivation and management knowledge documented

Result 3 Bamboo and rattan products and processing technology information established

GABAR objective 2 Enhance knowledge of bamboo and rattan’s contributions to climate change mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity conservation, renewable energy

Result 1 Bamboo’s potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation understood

Result 2 Knowledge of bamboo and rattan’s ecosystem services documented

GABAR objective 3 INBAR member state have access to bamboo and rattan information

Result 1 GABAR internet-based knowledge platform created

GABAR approach

• Review and identify information availability and gaps

• Collaborate with strategic partners/ governments for collecting data gaps

• Document available information

• Mobilize funds for studies, research and demonstration projects

Achievements and ongoing activities

• World Checklist for Bamboo and Rattan

• World Atlas for Bamboo and Rattan

• Invasiveness study report

• Bamboo construction guidelines

• Bamboo assessments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda

Achievements and ongoing activities

• Develop bamboo assessment methodologies

• Support further national bamboo and rattan assessments

• Provide training and capacity building

• Prepare for BARC 2018 Bamboo Bonn challenge

commitments Bamboo for land restoration Bamboo construction Himalayan bamboo and uses

• Translate key information in all INBAR languages

Question

• How can bamboo and rattan fit in your national targets? Such as– Sustainable development goals– Climate change mitigation and adaptation– etc

Thank you!

www.inbar.int

Trinh Thang Longttlong@inbar.int