Reducing Poverty with Bamboo and Rattan

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INBAR

• Established in 1997 in China as the first global Inter-Governmental Organization

• Improve the lives of the producers and users of bamboo and rattan through sustainable management, use and trade of the resources.

• International Commodity Body for bamboo and rattan since 2001

INBAR Member States

Global Distribution of Bamboo

Monopodial (Running) Bamboo

Bamboo

Copyright: International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

2015 – 2030 INBAR Strategy

• International Development Organisation

• Support 6 SDGs through bamboo and rattan– Poverty; Energy; Housing;

Ecosystems; Climate Change; Trade

• SDG 17 is INBAR: South-South Cooperation

• 4 Goals– Policy influence– Knowledge management– Capacity building– Applied field Research

Livelihoods

• More than 8 million people in China depend on bamboo

• Immense potential in other countries of the Global South

• Household charcoal, food and fodder, raw material for manufacturing

• Protection against natural disasters – bamboo bends but does not break

• Component of agro-forestry systems and landscape restoration.

Profit from Bamboo Pole Production

Net annual income from bamboo poles per hectare in EcuadorUSD 780 after 7 years of management

200 hectares in Chishui

• Bamboo poles for furniture production• Furniture factory• Bamboo branches for brooms• Broom manufacturing• Bamboo powder is used as seed bed for high-value bamboo

fungus (a delicacy)• Bamboo waste is used as fuel• Bamboo shoots are cut and sold for food• Free-range chicken in the bamboo forest fetch a good price• (Blue) Chicken eggs are sold at a premium

• Total income: USD 5,000,000 per year!

Bamboo charcoal – Undeveloped Opportunity

• Good Calorific Value;

• No smoke, No smell;

• Household uses 600Kg per year;

• That requires 2000kgof bamboo

• I pole = 25kg

• 8 clumps of bamboo provides household fuel for a year!

Bamboo and Rattan product Trade in 2013

Value-added Production

Bamboo Winding Drainage Pipes

• Traditional winding processing methodology;

• Using bamboo fibres instead of glass or metal;

• 25% Cheaper, but as durable as traditional pipes.

Pulp and Paper

• Chitianhua Bamboo Paper Pulp Co. Ltd, Guizho Province.

• The only pulp manufacturer that uses nothing but bamboo fibres.

• Produces 200,000 tonnesof pulp per year.

• Uses 800,000 tonnes of bamboo per year.

• 10-20 tonnes/Ha and each farmer has 4Ha.

• Supports 10,000 farmers

Activated Bamboo Charcoal

• Pore structure provides high absorption rate

• Good for filtration of water or air

• Can also conduct electricity

USD 60 Billion

Global Bamboo & Rattan Trade in 2007-2013

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Industrialized bamboo products

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Woven bamboo products

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Preserved bamboo shoots

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Bamboo & rattan furniture products

15%

Woven rattan products

11%

Bamboo & rattan raw materials

6%

World total 2013: USD 1860 million

Bamboo and Rattan product Trade in 2013

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Top exporters of bamboo & rattan

Exporters of Bamboo & Rattan Products in 2013

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Top importers of bamboo & rattan

Importers of Bamboo & Rattan Products in 2013

Global Assessment of Bamboo and Rattan (GABAR)

To determine the resource base and to identify opportunities and challenges for sustainable development, using bamboo and rattan

GABAR Launch in September 2015

• Ministerial endorsements from Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jamaica, Liberia, Madagascar

• Statements of support from India, Indonesia, Kenya, Philippines, Vietnam

• Endorsement from FAO an link with FRA 2020

• Support from UNEP, World Bank, CIFOR, ICRAF….

• IKEA wants to be part of GABAR

National Action

• Inventory of bamboo and rattan resources

• Determining development options and value chains

• Policy reviews

• Capacity building and training

• Identify investment opportunities

• Promote South-South Cooperation

Global Congress on Bamboo And Rattan in 2017

• First Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress (BARC 2017)

• Beijing, China• High-level opening

ceremony and Ministerial debate

• 2 policy dialogues and parallel sub-sessions

• Exhibition of bamboo and rattan products

• Side events organised by others

• Launch of new initiatives and partnerships

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