Africa
Abdou Rahmane CISSA LatGana, African Bamboo Association
P. O. Box / B. P. 421
Dakar Principal, Sénégal
Tel: (221) 835 14
Fax: (221) 835 14 53
Australia
The BSA was formed in August of 1998 with the following goals.
- To promote all aspects of bamboo interest in Australia.
- To promote opportunities for sharing information and education, and awareness amongst the public.
- To coordinate and cooperate with the Australian Commercial Bamboo Corporation Limited, for the best interests of the Society.
- To circulate two or more serial publications per year.
- To encourage regional (local) chapters within the Society.
You can contact Hans Erken to learn more about the BSA.
The Australian Bamboo Network
The ABN Web site was created by Peter Bindon but is currently off-line. Peter has some practical information about the commercial prospects for bamboo and propagating and caring for it. Peter has moved and there is a new address for him here.
Brazil
Fundação Bambu Brasil
China
Mr. Fu Maoyi
CHINESE BAMBOO SOCIETY (CBS)
The Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry (RISF)
THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF FORESTRY (CAF)
73# Daqiao Road
Fuyang, Zhejiang 311400
P. R. of China
Tel. 0086-571-3310001
Fax. 0086-571-3341304
Colombia
Ximena Londoño - President
AA 661 Armenia
Quindio, Colombia, South America
Telephone and fax - 57-2-6683498 or 57-67-524005
Europe
The European Bamboo Society
The European Bamboo Society is an umbrella organization for all bamboo societies in Europe and the EBS Web site provides contact information for these societies. The site was created by David Helliwell, EBS Secretary in the U. K.
Guatemala
Hans Peter, President ASOBAMBU
7 Ave 15-79, Guatemala 001010
Tel: 502 4791901
Fax: 502 4763096
India
Narayan Adkoli, BAMBOO SOCIETY OF INDIA
23-24 Mezanine Floor
Jayanagar Shopping Complex
Bangalore- 560011, India
TeleTel: Narayan Adkoli. -91-080-6641534
FAX: 080-6651121 (Newsletter Editor)
Indonesia
Linda Garland, Environmental Bamboo Foundation
P.O. Box 196, Ubud, 80571
Bali, Indonesia
Tel : 62 361 974027 or 974028
fax: 62 361 974029
Italy
EBS-Italy
Borgata Mascarelli 5
12064 La Morra (Cn)
For information send a message.
International
- The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
was created by the International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, in 1993 to consolidate the informal
bamboo and rattan research network operating for over a decade through various
individual projects funded by the Centre in Asia.
In 1994, the UN agency the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) joined hands with a grant to strengthen the socio-economics and post-harvest
technology programs.
The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) supports the
activities of INBAR’s Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Conservation
program under a Japanese Government grant.
Dr. Fu Jinhe says that INBAR will help
foreign businesses locate Chinese businesses that sell bamboo and bamboo products.
INBAR has a collection of publications about bamboo and rattan available.
They now have an on-line
order page for their publications.
- The International Bamboo Foundation a, 501(c)3 and the Environmental Bamboo Foundation of Indonesia were both founded by Linda Garland, an international designer and environmentalist who has made her home in Indonesia for over 20 years.
Ms. Garland has focused her energy solely upon finding a solution to environmental concerns regarding the worlds diminishing tropical forest resources. Her efforts were to first create the EBF in 1991 in order to incorporate a multidisciplinary approach to developing bamboo as an environmentally renewable non-wood forest resource. In January,1995, the IBF was granted non-profit status and received its first funding for educational programs introduced at the IVth International Bamboo Congress held in Bali that year.
- The World Bamboo Organization's mission is to promote and support the use of bamboo as a sustainable and alternative natural resource through the development of partnerships and alliances, and the creation of mechanisms for global communication, information exchange, and technology transfer.
Originally founded as the International Bamboo Association (IBA), the idea for an international coordinating body for bamboo practitioners was born out of discussions at the 1991 International Bamboo Workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The IBA was consequently established at the 1992 International Bamboo Congress in Japan . Through 1998, the IBA had been the coordinating platform for bamboo people around the world, with its primary responsibility being the International Bamboo Congress & International Bamboo Workshop. A union of these two distinct gatherings is today called the World Bamboo Congress, and is led by the re-birth of the IBA into the World Bamboo Organization.
Japan
Mr. Masao OHTA, Secretary General, Japan Bamboo Society
c/o Kyoto City Industrial Exhibition Hall, 9-1
Seishoji-cho, Okazaki, Kakyo-ku
Kyoto 606-8343 Japan
Tel. +81 75-761-3600
Fax. +81 75-761-3464
México
The Asociación Mexicana Del Bambú (Mexican Bamboo Association) has grown and now we have a whole page of information about the group.
Netherlands
European Bamboo Society - Nederland
Paul van Ooste, Secretary
Eiland 36
6107CC Stevensweert
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 475 550755
Dave Modijefsky, Euro Coordinator
Essenlaan 84
3442JK Woerden
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 348 498277
New Zealand
New Zealand Bamboo Society. Annual membership NZ$30. (about US$21.00)
Dave Brown, President
39 Brois Street
New Plymouth
NEW ZEALAND
direct dial from USA 011 64 6 342-7857
or
T. Vallings, NZBC Secretary
RD8
Whangarei
New Zealand
Tel: 94322155
Fax 94322199
Philippines
Romualdo Sta. Ana., President of the Phil. Bamboo Foundation, Inc.
20 Russet St., SSS Village
Concepcion 2, Marikina City,
Philippines
Tel: 632-948-28-75
