INBAR and South-South Cooperation

hfriederich@inbar.intwww.inbar.int

Outline of the presentation

INBAR – International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

Global Assessment of Bamboo and Rattan – GABAR

Selected South-South Cooperation for bamboo and rattan examples

Recent China-Netherlands-East Africa agreement for bamboo development

INBAR

• Inter-Governmental Organisation with 41 Member States;

• Established in 1997;• Observer to many

UN organisations and Conventions;

• First IGO with Headquarters in China.

INBAR Member States

Our business

Promotion of bamboo and rattan within sustainable development;

Supporting the wellbeing of producers and users.

First Step

• To determine the bamboo and rattan resource base

• To identify opportunities and challenges for sustainable development, using bamboo and rattan

Why Bamboo And Rattan?• Provide ecosystem services

including erosion control and climate change mitigation;

• Important for livelihood support, job creation and adaptation to effects of climate change;

• Commodities are traded domestically and internationally – total value: USD 60Billion.

Previous Baseline Inventory

• Integral part of FAO Forest Resource Assessment (FRA);

• INBAR wrote the chapter on bamboo;

• Often bamboo and rattan are not recorded separately

• Only 20 countries reported bamboo and rattan for FRA 2010

Forest Resources Assessment 2015

FRA 2015 has no bamboo information!

GABAR• Work with FAO to get

information from the FRA focal points;

• Work with INBAR Focal points in all INBAR Member States;

• Make our “own” inventory and assessment of bamboo and rattan resources;

• Global Assessment of Bamboo And Rattan

Next Steps• Governance Structure;

– Steering Committee– Advisory Board

• Checklist of bamboo and rattan species by Royal Botanical Gardens Kew;– 1600 plus bamboo species– 600 plus rattan species

• Study of invasiveness of bamboo by IUCN Species Survival Commission, Invasive Species Specialist Group;

• National, regional or thematic assessments;– China– Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania– Jamaica

• Building the Knowledge base for further work;• Promote South-South Cooperation.

Asia-Ethiopia-Madagascar –Tanzania• Technology transfer from

Asia to 3 African nations;• Bamboo charcoal industry

in Tanzania now employing 4000 women;

• 9 bamboo clusters established in Madagascar for SME development;

• Land restoration in Lake Tana Region, Ethiopia now incorporating bamboo;

• Ongoing , and funded by IFAD and EU

West African Rattan Innovation• Main recipients Ghana and

Togo;• Technology transfer from India

and Nepal;• 24 rattan producers trained in

Ghana;• Rattan training Centres

established in Kumasi and Accra;

• Several SMEs established as indirect result of the project;

• Rattan producers association established;

• Completed with funding from CFC and EU.

Andean Bamboo Construction

Andean Bamboo Construction• Adoption of bamboo building

codes from Colombia to Ecuador and Peru;

• New value chains in place, employing thousands of people;

• Estimated growth to USD30 million in 10 years;

• About to complete with funding from CFC and EU.

• Next step: China-ICBR-INBAR technology transfer on preservation, plantation management and charcoal production .

ASEAN Sustainable Rattan Development• Focus on ASEAN Region

• Indonesia is the world’s leader in rattan production

• Promote sustainable forest management

• Assist with domestication• Help with market access• Potential international

partners: WWF, Asian Development Bank, ASEAN-China Centre, UNEP ROAP

• Has not yet started

ICBR-INBAR MOFCOM and MOST Training• 730 trainees between

2009 and 2015• from 74 countries (see

next slide)• Theory in Beijing and

field visits to bamboo areas in southern China

• 96% took action upon returning home

• Awareness raising, policy advice, enterprise and project development

Trainee Origin

Netherlands-China-East Africa• Reduce poverty and create

jobs (SDG1)• 7.75 million people in China

• Provide renewable energy (SDG7)

• Bamboo charcoal is sustainable and clean

• Promote sustainable production (SDG 12)

• Global value USD60 Billion

• Combat climate change (SDG 13)

• Bamboo is a carbon sink

• Restore ecosystems (SDG 15)• Bamboo restored 80,000 Ha in

India

Netherlands-China-East Africa

• Agreement between SFA-Netherlands and three Embassies on 20 November 2015

• Today presentations about national priorities

• Project development next three months

• In-country consultations Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda

• Project review April – June• Start second half of 2016

Conclusion• Bamboo and rattan are

excellent opportunities for South-South cooperation, with potential for environmental , social and economic benefits

• INBAR is an organisation with mainly Members from the Global South

• Development of bamboo and rattan industry calls for technology transfer, capacity building and training

Thank You

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