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Starting out right: Replacing plastic seed bags with a green alternative
If planted with care, a bamboo seedling has the potential to restore degraded land, mitigate climate change, and generate income for rural communities. Unfortunately, however, like most other young plants, they are usually wrapped in a material that is causing a...
Mama Bambu Nurture Love for Bamboo while Preserving Heritage
At the end of 2020 the Environmental Bamboo Foundation implemented a bamboo nursery program that places women at the center. We started with something very simple: we wanted to share our experiences about how to grow bamboo. At that time, women who wanted to learn...
Integrating Gender Issues in Agrarian Reform and Social Forestry
A webinar was held on 13 April 2022 to discuss strategies for integrating gender issues into agrarian reform and social forestry programs and policies. This webinar aimed to identify problems and challenges in the implementation of agrarian reform and social forestry,...
5 things we’d like to share from March 2022
In a month celebrating World Water Day and International Day of Forests, we are very aware of the incredible benefits bamboo agroforestry can bring to degraded landscapes. Did you know that one clump of bamboo can hold over 5,000 liters of water in the topsoil? 5...
Environmental Bamboo Foundation as Actor of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
We are very proud to be named as an Actor of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. Our Board Chairman, Arief Rabik, is part of the Advisory Board for the UN Decade of Restoration and we are happy to be able to support as the whole organization. Ecosystem...
Bamboo pioneers: Singgih Kartono, founder of Spedagi Bamboo Bike
Welcome to our new series of interviews with people doing incredible things with bamboo. From entrepreneurs to scientists, community facilitators, and bamboo farmers, we will be bringing you diverse stories and experiences through our Bamboo Pioneer interviews. Our...
How Bamboo Helps Mitigate Climate Change in Indonesia
It’s now common knowledge that the agriculture and transportation sectors account for a huge amount of global greenhouse gas emissions, but do you know what other industry contributes almost 40%? Construction. In addition to this staggering amount, the construction of...
On the road to COP26: Climate change action
The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on...
Arief Rabik on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Advisory Board
Arief Rabik was appointed to the Advisory Board for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. He is the only member from Indonesia, joining 22 other members from around the globe. Against a backdrop of environmental crisis, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a...