INBAR and South-South Cooperation

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INBAR and South-South Cooperation

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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

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INBAR

• Inter-Governmental Organisation with 41 Member States;

• Established in 1997;• Observer to many

UN organisations and Conventions;

• First IGO with Headquarters in China.

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INBAR Member States

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Our business

Promotion of bamboo and rattan within sustainable development;

Supporting the wellbeing of producers and users.

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First Step

• To determine the bamboo and rattan resource base

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

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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.

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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

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Forest Resources Assessment 2015

FRA 2015 has no bamboo information!

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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Andean Bamboo Construction

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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 .

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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

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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

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Trainee Origin

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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

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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

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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

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Thank You

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