The document discusses the Global Assessment of Bamboo and Rattan for green development (GABAR) program. The program aims to (1) provide information on bamboo and rattan resources to policymakers, (2) enhance understanding of how bamboo and rattan can contribute to climate change mitigation and ecosystem services, and (3) create an online knowledge platform about bamboo and rattan for member states. Some key achievements include checklists and atlases of bamboo and rattan species, as well as assessments of bamboo resources in several countries. The program seeks to demonstrate how bamboo and rattan can support national targets for sustainable development and climate change mitigation.

1. Global Assessment of Bamboo and
Rattan for green development
(GABAR)
Trinh Thang Long
Beijing, November 2017

2. Bamboo and Rattan
1,642 species of
bamboo and 631
species of rattan

3. Production values
• Poverty alleviation
• Economics
• Job creation
• Socio-cultural values

4. Climate change and ecosystem services
• Climate change mitigation
and adaptation
• Biodiversity value
• Soil erosion control
• Land restoration

5. 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

6. 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

7. GABAR programme
Programme 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. Thank you!
www.inbar.int
Trinh Thang Long
ttlong@inbar.int