Official Launch of New GFEP Report
by Brigitte Burger
Dear Colleagues:
The IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative will launch its report "Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives" and the related policy brief at Forest Day 6, Sunday 2 December 2012, 13:30 - 14:30.
For details, please download the invitation at http://www.iufro.org/download/file/9264/5303/gfep-bfmr-forest-day6-invitati…
Best regards
IUFRO Headquarters
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XXIV IUFRO World Congress: <http://www.iufro2014.com/> http://www.iufro2014.com/
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Fw: 2nd IUFRO Forests for People Conference, 2nd Call for Abstracts (Div 5)
by Andrew Wong Han Hoy
Dear D5 officers,
Please see the announcement for the 2nd IUFRO conference on Forests for
People. This is a follow up to my recent email on this conference. Noted
the deadline extended to 15 January 2013. The conference organisers are
also offering full access to the parallel conference “2013 National Outdoor
Recreation Conference” which “Forests for People” participants are welcome
to join for free.
Hopefully we could have members of IUFRO D5, at least from North America or
neighbouring regions attending the meeting located in Michigan. Full
details of the conference announcement is shown below.
Cheers,
Andrew Wong
Coordinator, IUFRO D5 (Forest Products)
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The 2nd IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
May 19-23, 2013, Traverse City, Michigan USA
The deadline for research abstract submittal has been extended to January
15, 2013
The aim of this conference by the International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO) is to build a systematic body of knowledge about
“forests for people” and its various facets, including possible future
trends and challenges. The conference theme, “A Growing Interdisciplinary
Task,” aims to integrate knowledge from various disciplines inside and
outside of forestry such as recreation, sociology, global dynamics,
environmental management, education, urban planning and many others.
The main sub-themes of FFP are:
· Livelihoods — issues of agro-forestry, food security, fuels, poverty
alleviation, and human dislocation
· Health, Recreation and Tourism — issues of human health, recreation,
and nature-based tourism
· Urban and Rural Landscapes — issues of ecosystem services, economic
benefit and development, spaces and places for living, and urban
forestry
· Culture and Education — issues of perceptions of forests, spiritual
character, education, historical tradition and practice,
communication and governance
We are pleased to offer full access to the parallel conference “2013
National Outdoor Recreation Conference” which “Forests for People”
participants are welcome to join for free.
Presentations
Research presentations are 20 minutes in length (15 minute presentation
with 5 minutes for questions). Management sessions are 1.5 hours in length
with 2-4 presenters. Session organizers may customize the format of the
session to help ensure a quality learning experience. The meeting rooms
will provide a laptop computer, digital projector, screen, lectern, and
audio system (in the larger rooms). Special requests for eraser boards,
dissolve units, video equipment and other specialized equipment will be
evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Please include any special requests in
your proposal. Following the conference, the session presentations and
handouts will be posted on the host websites, unless you request otherwise.
Poster Sessions
Participants are also invited to submit an abstract for a poster
presentation. Posters will be on display during the conference, with
special attention given at the Opening Reception when attendees will have a
chance to visit and ask questions. Tripods will be provided and placed in
the large meeting room where breaks will be taken, helping to ensure
opportunities for interaction.
Abstracts
People may submit several abstracts for either presentations and/or
posters. One submission is required for each proposed presentation and/or
poster session. It is important that each abstract includes all the
required information.
Response to Abstract Submissions
All proposals will be peer reviewed and selected on the basis of relevance
and appropriateness for this conference. Because of the limited number of
program times available, not all proposals are guaranteed a place in the
schedule. All participants submitting an abstract will be notified as to
acceptance or rejection by February 1, 2013.
Submission Information
All abstracts should be submitted in English and emailed to Brenda
Adams-Weyant at Brenda(a)RecPro.org.
Conference Information
Conference information will be posted and updated regularly at
www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference. Registration is expected to open
in mid-January.
Questions?
Feel free to email the co-chairs if you have specific questions:
2nd IUFRO FFP: Dr. Robert C. Burns at Robert.Burns(a)mail.wvu.edu
2013 NOR: Dr. Glenn E. Haas at glennehaas(a)comcast.net
The following section outlines the costs of the joint conference:
Conference Registration Fees |
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Early Bird Rates: Register by April|Registration after April 19
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$385 - Member, Full Conference |$485 - Member, Full Conference
(IUFRO and SORP members) |(IUFRO and SORP members)
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$485 - Non-member, Full Conference |$585 - Non-member, Full
|Conference
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$250 - Student, Full Conference |$250 - Student, Full Conference
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$150 - One-day Registration |$150 - One-day Registration
What's included in your Full Conference registration?
Full access to all FFP sessions
Full access to all NOR sessions
Monday opening reception
Tuesday banquet
Wednesday field workshop with lunch
Thursday awards luncheon
Abstract Submission Form
2nd IUFRO Conference on Forests for People (FFP)
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From: "Robert Burns" <Robert.Burns(a)mail.wvu.edu>
To: "Robert Burns" <Robert.Burns(a)mail.wvu.edu>
Cc: "verena" <verena.melzer(a)boku.ac.at>
Date: 20-11-12 01:51 AM
Subject: 2nd IUFRO Forests for People Conference, 2nd Call for Abstracts
(Div 5)
All, (Please excuse cross-listings),
Please see the attached Request for Abstracts for the 2nd IUFRO Forests for
People meeting, to be held in Traverse City, Michigan, USA, May 19-23. The
abstract deadline will be January 15, 2013. If you have any questions,
please feel free to send me an e-mail.
Best regards, Robert
Robert C. Burns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
West Virginia University
6125 Percival Hall
Morgantown, WV 26506-6125
(office) 304-293-6781
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Fw: Call for Proposals - 2nd "Forests for People" conference - May 2013 Michigan USA (please do not reply to this e-mail address)
by Andrew Wong Han Hoy
Dear D5 Officers,
I am forwarding this in-coming conference announcement from the IUFRO task
Force on "Forests for People", hoping that IUFRO members from the fields
below would be able to attend on behalf of D5:
· use of wood and non-wood forest products
· forests products marketing
· supply and demand for new products
Do let me know if there would be a representation from D5 at the meeting.
Hopefully at least if you (or colleagues you wish to nominate) from the US
would take this opportunity to attend the conference in Michigan.
Let me also take this opportunity to wish you all a restful and happy
end-of-year holidays, as we look forward to a break after all the work we
are immersed in this year.
Cheers,
Andrew
Andrew H.H. Wong, D.Phil.
Associate Professor, Wood durability & Protection
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 5 (Forest Products), www.iufro.org
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Malaysia
Tel: +6082 582936 (direct line)
Tel: +6082 581000, Ext. #2936
Fax: +6082 583160
Email: ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
awong.unimas(a)gmail.com
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From: "conference_ ffp2012" <ffp2012(a)boku.ac.at>
To: <ffp2012(a)boku.ac.at>
Date: 30-10-12 10:05 PM
Subject: Call for Proposals - 2nd "Forests for People" conference - May
2013 Michigan USA (please do not reply to this e-mail address)
Dear colleagues,
we want to inform you about an international, interdivisional conference
“Forests for People” that will take place May 19-23, 2013 in Traverse City,
Michigan USA.
The aim of this conference by the IUFRO is to build a systematic body of
knowledge about “forests for people” and its various facets, including
possible future trends and challenges. This conference and the follow-up
process aim to integrate knowledge from various disciplines inside and
outside of forestry such as tourism, recreation, education, urban planning
and many others.
We invite you to present actual findings explicitly in the field of forest
products, such as
· use of wood and non-wood forest products
· forests products marketing
· supply and demand for new products
You are invited to present your findings or to organize a coordinated
session. For abstract submission (deadline: November 16, 2012 – 5pm eastern
time) and further information see following website:
http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference
Please do not reply to this e-mail, but contact SORP association manager
Brenda Adams-Weyant Brenda(a)RecPro.org or Dr. Robert Burns
Robert.Burns(a)mail.wvu.edu if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Ulrike Proebstl-Haider
Univ. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Proebstl-Haider
IUFRO Board Member
Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning
University of Natural Resuorces and Life Sciences
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82
1190 Vienna, Austria
Website: ffp2012.boku.ac.at
E-Mail: ffp2012(a)boku.ac.at
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2013 SORP-FFP Call for Presentations - Closes Nov 16
by Brigitte Burger
Call for Presentation and Poster Proposals
The 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference and
IUFRO Conference on Forests for People
Reminder - the deadline is seven days away.
The deadline for submitting presentation and poster proposals is Friday, November 16, 2012.
More information about the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation and Forests for People Conference is at <http://recpro.memberclicks.net/message/urlRedir?id=44313&recip=b9e337fe-815…> http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference. Check back often, as updates will be made regularly as the program develops.
<https://recpro.memberclicks.net/assets/2012_Conference/2013_call_for_presen…> Click here to download the Call for Proposals and Abstract Submission Form package. You can also download the submission package at the website listed above.
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Brenda Adams-Weyant
Association Manager
Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
(formerly NARRP)
PO Box 221
Marienville, PA 16239
(814) 927-8212
(814) 927-6659 FAX
<mailto:Brenda@RecPro.org> Brenda(a)RecPro.org
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WG: ICWSE 2013- second announcement
by Brigitte Burger
Dear Colleagues,
This is the second announcement of the 9th edition of the International Conference “Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium” – ICWSE 2013, which will be organized by the Transilvania University of Brasov - Faculty of Wood Engineering in Brasov, Romania, between 07 – 09 November 2013.
All accepted papers will be published in a special edition of PRO LIGNO - scientific journal in the field of wood engineering, indexed by CABI, EBSCO and DOAJ (http://www.proligno.ro/en).
The conference details (topics, staff, programme, location), important deadlines, paper guidelines, information concerning accommodation facilities, registration fees and other issues of interest are available on the conference web site:
<http://www2.unitbv.ro/il/en/ICWSE2013/tabid/8547/language/ro-RO/Default.aspx> http://www2.unitbv.ro/il/en/ICWSE2013/tabid/8547/language/ro-RO/Default.aspx
The deadline for the pre-registration of participants and paper titles is 15th of January 2013 (the Pre-Registration Form is available on the conference website under the heading “Important deadlines”). Full-papers are expected no later than 15th of March 2013.
Correspondence regarding the conference and submission of papers should be addressed to: icwse2013(a)unitbv.ro.
We look forward to your contributions!
Sincerely,
Assoc.Prof.dr. Lidia GURAU
Conference coordinator
Transilvania University of Brasov
Faculty of Wood Engineering
http://www.unitbv.ro/il
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Thursday 1 11 2012 Welcome Sonja Sheasley!
I've been in need of an assistant here in the office of World Bamboo...someone who can focus on our mission to bring together progressive corporations focused on doing business in bamboo. We have tailored the new position of Director of Corporate Sponsorships, primarily because a very capable and very willing person said they wanted to help! Meet Sonja Sheasley!
Sonja is perfect for this position as she knows first-hand the trials and tribulations of owning and managing a successful business dealing in bamboo products. That is no easy feat during the past few years of financial crisis, and I feel very fortunate to have someone by my side as talented, dedicated and passionate as Sonja.
The extra special bonus is she lives nearby (10 miles by car), which as you know, for World Bamboo, is just nextdoor.
Please read about Sonja's company, BumBoosa [http://www.bumboosa.com/]:
Clean and green: Saving the earth one baby bum at a time
By Alison Lee Satake, published in Cape and Plymouth Business magazine, October 2012 [www.capeplymouthbusiness.com]
<It's been a swift ascent for Mashpee-based [Massachusetts USA] natural products company Bum Boosa, which launched in March 2009 and has garnered local and international attention since. President Sonja Sheasley founded the company that produces bamboo-based baby wipes with lavender and sweet orange essential oils, organic aloe vera, vitamin E and calendula extract, which is an alternative to the majority of tree pulp and plastic-based baby wipes with harsh chemical preservatives on the market today.
"I think first and foremost for my particular product, being a consumer was the most important teacher or guide for me, because I wanted to bring a product to market that I didn't see. I'm obviously in a demographic – my age, my gender – so I really relied on my instinct," says Sheasley, 41, who has two school-age children. The name of her company, Bum Boosa, is a play on the Latin name for a common type of bamboo, Bambusa.The baby wipes hit the market in July 2009. Sheasley added a second product – a diaper rash ointment with bamboo powder – by the end of 2009. Then, she brought to market a 100 per- cent bamboo-based toilet paper in 2010.
The company has since received recognition from Canada's 2010 Green Parents' List Award for Best New Baby Skin Care, was nominated for a 2012 Cribsie Award, was one of the three winners of the Positively Different Emerging Business Partnership sponsored by Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod and Cape Cod Young Professionals and was selected to give a business pitch to investors at Expo East in Baltimore last month.
At the heart of Bum Boosa's mission is to create alternative forms of everyday products that are less harsh on the body and the environ- ment. On the horizon are more products such as diapers, paper towels and make-up remover wipes she would like to add to the company's list of products.
How it began
Sheasley was a young mother with two babies, married to the captain of a large research vessel at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. "It definitely wasn't easy," she says. "My husband is out at sea. I have these two babies, young children. Both of them are boys [with] high energy. Both were difficult babies. I needed something for me."
To alleviate stress and to create a more peaceful atmosphere at home, she turned to diffusing essential oils. She studied aromatherapy at the Sandwich Village Herb Shop and learned how to make soap, lotion and essential oils from herbs.
"I just started trying to make everything I could and it became an obsession. I would go into CVS, for example, and try to replicate some products I liked on the shelf in a natural way in my kitchen," she says. She sold some of her homemade soaps and lotions at local farmers markets under her brand name of Aroma Waves and began to strategize about creating a company.
"It was actually important talking directly to customers at farmers markets. I think I learned a lot talking to customers, seeing what people were looking for and interested in. Honestly, many people asked me about baby products [and] baby wipes," she says.
Then she began to research, which is a part of the process she says she's good at and enjoys. As she looked for an eco-friendly, sustainable material that would work as a baby wipe, bamboo textiles for t-shirts to bed sheets were the new rage. The problem was she could not find anyone in the U.S. making a non-woven fiber out of bamboo pulp in 2008. So she began emailing manufacturers in China, where most of the bamboo textiles were being produced. Three manufacturers responded. She began to work with one. At the same time, she contacted an organic chemist in China who worked with her to develop the formula.
"It was not easy to come up with the formula because there are some harsh chemical preservatives in baby wipes for a reason: to have a typical two-year shelf life or longer. So it was sort of going out on the limb to make a formulation that would make it to the two-year shelf life [and one] that I was happy with," she says.
She worked swiftly from March to July 2009, when the product hit the market. As sales began to grow, a few U.S. manufacturers started to call her. She eventually switched to a manufacturer in Long Island, N.Y., for the bamboo baby wipes.
Once she switched to a U.S. manufacturer at the end of last year, sales grew substantially from 3,000 packages to 15,000 packages of baby wipes sold per quarter. Sheasley attributes this to the fact that her customers are conscientious consumers looking for products that are eco- friendly, which includes a low carbon footprint.
Know your customer
Bum Boosa invests some of its resources into obtaining third-party certification, which Sheasley sees as a growing trend. In the age of "green washing," where many products and companies say they are environmentally friendly but are not, she believes the certification adds legitimacy to her company and products.
"For some of the savvy customers who are looking for products that walk the talk, those seals of approval matter," she says. The certi- fication seals are a way to communicate to a customer about the ingredients in a product and a company's values.
Bum Boosa's baby wipes are USDA bio- approved certified. And the company underwent B Corporation certification, which des- ignates businesses that "meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards," according to the B Corporation website.
"I do think [third-party certification] is a tool for the consumer to rule out what's legitimate and what's not. The only problem is those certifications come at a high price," Sheasley says. The certifications can cost a company between $500 to a few thousand dollars per year.
A warehouse in Boston stores and ships Bum Boosa's inventory. Its products can be found at Big Y World Markets in Western Massachusetts and Connecticut as well as independent natural food stores and baby boutiques through- out the East Coast. A large portion of sales are conducted through online stores such as Amazon, Drugstore.com, Ecomom.com, Abe's Marketplace and the Bum Boosa website.
Mommy bloggers have played a significant role in spreading the word about Bum Boosa's products online, Sheasley says. The baby wipes even caught Hollywood's eye as they were one of the gift bag items given at the baby shower of actress Tamera Mowry, who stars with her twin sister in the Style Network reality show, Tia & Tamera. Other celebrities in Bum Boosa's high-sale regions of New York and Los Angeles have been loyal customers, Sheasley says. Bum Boosa's baby wipes retail for $5.70 for a pack of 80 wipes on the company's website.
Bum Boosa's next steps include seeking additional capital to buy more inventory and to pursue more third-party certifications. Sheasley would also like to grow her home-based business and eventually travel to China to see the bamboo processing facilities. >
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More about Sonja and Bumboosa!
Mashpee startup Bum Boosa brings sustainable approach to baby-care and bathroom products
By ROBERT GOLD in the Cape Cod Times, August 21, 2012.
rgold(a)capecodonline.com
MASHPEE [Massachusetts USA] – Sonja Sheasley started her business at the bottom, quite literally. And now, she said, things are And now, she said, things are looking up.
Sheasley launched Bum Boosa, a bamboo-derived baby wipe and tissue company, in 2009. Since then, gross sales have totalled $300,000. "That's not a whole heck of a lot but for a small company, I'm still proud of it," she said. But Sheasley said the demand for bamboo-based products should only grow.
"I think bamboo is about to tidal wave," she said, pitching it as an alternative to tissue that uses plastics or pulp from trees. "We can't keep cutting trees down because that is not sustainable. We have a huge problem with plastics."
The company sells baby wipes, diaper rash ointment and 100 percent bamboo bathroom tissue. The baby wipes are made in New York, the ointment in Oregon and the bathroom tissue in China. The company doesn't sell enough bathroom tissue yet to satisfy order amounts required by U.S. suppliers, but Sheasley said the company wants to move production to the U.S. when her company's scope increases.
Sheasley took a class in 2006 on making natural products including insect repellents, lotions and lip balm started and selling them at farmer markets in 2007. She turned her attention to bamboo-based products and founded the company in 2009.
The items, marketed as sustainable and renewable, are sold online at bumboosa.com [http://www.bumboosa.com], Amazon.com and other sites and at small retailers throughout the United States. It has a small distributor in Canada and the Cayman Islands, and its products are also sold at a retail chain in Guatemala, Sheasley said.
Cape locations where the products are sold include Cape Cod Children's Museum in Falmouth, Cotuit Fresh Market and 'g' Green Design Center in Mashpee. Bobby Pellant, vice president of marketing and organizational development, said the company is looking to move soon into a new larger Cape office with warehouse space. It currently has a warehouse in Braintree, but the company, with a staff of three, wants to add more space.
Sheasley said getting contracts with retailers can be challenging. "There is a whole heck of a lot of competition out there anyway,"she said. "Sometimes I feel like it's like winning the lottery or getting a record deal."
But Sheasley said she expects demand for bamboo-based products will grow. "I think it has to catch on,"she said.
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Director of Corporate Sponsorships
World Bamboo [http://www.worldbamboo.net] is a United States tax-exemt trade association. It is registered as Reg. 1.501(c)(6)-l [http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopick03.pdf], which defines us as an association of persons having a common business interest, whose purpose is to promote the common business interest and not to engage in a regular business of a kind ordinarily carried on for profit. Its activities are directed to the improvement of business
conditions of one or more lines of business rather than the performance of particular services for individual persons.
Existing now since 2004 with this U.S. federal designation, we have considered ourselves fortunate to have found a few corporate sponsors to help us cover administration costs, provide a few selected cases of sponsorship for travel to World Bamboo Congresses, etc. We are ready now to move forward to position WBO as the official association for businesses in the business of bamboo, and this is where Sonja will be putting her energies.
We are re-defining the benefits of corporate memberships (our sponsors). Stay tuned for more information. It is our intent that this association will be mutually beneficial for all member corporations to be a part of WBO, as our combined influence dedicated to promoting the sustaibable use of bamboo and bamboo products for the sake of the environment and economy.
At the moment, WBO currently has ten corporate sponsors.... look to see that number grow as Sonja takes us forward!
Sonja says, " (I'm) Looking forward to this project and meeting more people across the industry. I really do believe that bamboo is so important and that companies can help one another in increasing the potential that bamboo has to offer. And I also think that there are so many small ways that companies can help with very little effort. We'll explore all those avenues."
If you want to send Sonja a message or any suggestions, you can reach her via email at < [sonja(a)bumboosa.com]>
Thanks to you for continuing to support WBO.
My best regards, Susanne Lucas
Executive Director, WBO [http://www.worldbamboo.net]
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Upcoming Meeting in Damyang, Korea
WBO President Michel Abadie, 9th WBC Host Jan Oprins and myself will travel to Damyang, Korea in November to discuss the planning of the 10th World Bamboo Congress [http://www.worldbamboocongress.org] with officials from the government of Damyang-gun. We will sign the Operating Agreement and move forward on logistics, theme and program content, and tour the community in which the event, as well as the facilities of the World Bamboo Fair, will take place in 2015.
Save the dates! 27 June - 1 July 2015 [http://www.worldbamboocongress.org]
For more info about the 10th WBC in Damyang, please see: [http://worldbamboo.net/uncategorized/10th-world-bamboo-congress-host-venue-…]
Thanks,
Susanne Lucas, Executive Director
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Congratulations Winners of the 2012 World Bamboo Day Contest [http://www.worldbambooday.org]
ANNOUNCING THE OFFICIAL WINNERS OF THE 2012 WORLD BAMBOO DAY CONTEST, sponsored by EcoPlanet Bamboo [http://www.ecoplanetbamboo.com]!
This year's World Bamboo Day - 18 September [http://www.worldbambooday.org] - was incredibly celebrated by thousands of people around the globe. We here at World Bamboo are inspired and amazed by the growth and enthusiasm in which this day is evolving, and look forward with optimism to future celebrations. This year's contest brought a wide array of people together to promote our common mission of promoting awareness and sustainable development of bamboo utilization. Twenty-nine groups entered as contestants, vying for prize moneys in three categories.
We proudly thank all of you out there around the world who celebrated bamboo in honor of World Bamboo Day! Some of you sat quietly in contemplation under the canopy of bamboo, while others sang and danced. Some took part in painting competitions, bamboo-shoot cooking competitions, attended lectures and presentations, or planted bamboo to help the environment. President Michel Abadie celebrated in Paris (see photo). We salute BAMBOO, and we salute you!
Congratulations go to the OFFICIAL WINNERS of the 2012 World Bamboo Day Contest:
–> First Place Winner for the "Most Creative World Bamboo Day Event 2012″ $500.(usd)
Name of Group: Bamboo Malaysia, [http://www.bamboomalaysia.com/]
led by Shazila Ghazi <shaz(a)bamboomalaysia.com>
Partners: Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB), Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) and others
Location: Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
–> First Place Winner for the "Largest Crowd World Bamboo Day Event 2012" $250.(usd)
Name of Group: Arellano University, [http://www.arellano.edu.ph/contactus.php?article_id=293]
led by Ramon Parica, Jr. <mhonparica(a)gmail.com>
Partners: Arellano University, Dept of Environment and Natural Resources Ecosystem Research and Development Bureau (DENR-ERDB), Kawayan Farm Piliila, Local government unit of Pangil, Laguna
Location: AU Pasig, Manila, PHILIPPINES
–> Two - First Place Winners in the category "Bamboo is Important because…" $250.(usd)
1> Name of group: Celebrating World Bamboo Day 2012 Borobudur
http://borobudurwisata.com/a1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=… [http://borobudurwisata.com/a1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=…]
led by Anto Rimbawanto <anto(a)bambunusaverde.com>
Parnters: Center for Training of Teaching Staff on Arts and Culture, PATRA-PALA Foundation for Socio Ecology and Ecotourism, Centre for Watershed Management of Serayu Opak Progo, Borobudur Temple Tourism Park, Sahabat Bambu, Bambu Nusa Verde
Location: Borobudur, Jakarta INDONESIA
2> Name of group: Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, [http://www.tbgri.in/]
led by K.C. Koshy <koshykc(a)hotmail.com>
Partners: Botany Graduate students from Iqbal College, Peringammala, Upper primary Students and teachers from SN UP school, Kollayil, Biodiversity Management Committee of Peringammala Panchayath (local self Government), Members from Kerala Sastrasahitya Parishath, Palode, and Fighters Eco-Club, Nanniyode
Location: Palode, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala INDIA
Visit our website, [http://www.worldbambooday.org]/ for more info.
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