5:16 p.m.
November 25, 2024
From WBO President Michel Abadie
Chiang Maï sketch
Being in Chiang Maï after so many years was a bit strange for me. Changmaï has become the
second city of Thailand, a huge noisy place full of tourists. Like everywhere in Asia. The
purpose of the event there was to celebrate the 15th anniversary of World Bamboo Day
[https://www.worldbamboo.net/worldbambooday#:~:text=World%20Bamboo%20Day%2C%….]
Organized by the former WBO president, Kamesh Salam, the meeting was held (Sept 18-21,
2024) in the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Architecture
[https://www.arc.cmu.ac.th/?lang=en] with at the same time a very active bamboo workshop
for students. For me it was the opportunity to present the newly launched WBO website
[https://www.worldbamboo.net] done with the strong development work of WBO Ambassador Memo
Mortera and to talk about the future of bamboo. But for me, the most important moment of
the meeting was the evening event organized by architect and World Bamboo Ambassador
Markus Roselieb [https://www.bamboo-earth-architecture-construction.com/] at his fantastic
Panyaden school, [https://www.panyaden.ac.th/] an amazing bamboo-bundle cathedral build
in the vicinity of the city. There we discovered the spirit and the building intention
from an important architect of the bamboo world. A lesson for everyone who wanted to use
bamboo for creating a building. A strange international resonance with the meeting on the
same topic held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands [https://bouwmetbamboe.nl/] last June.
From our Congress, meetings, symposiums to workshops…we see that building with bamboo is
for the young generation a fundamental move to a natural resource. An escape? I would
prefer a new conscience growing.
Sincerely, Michel Abadie
Inside Panyaden School on World Bamboo Day 2024. Pic by Michel Abadie
13th World Bamboo Congress in Brazil? We hope so!
In just a few days, Michel, Delphine and I will travel to several locations in Brazil to
meet with World Bamboo Ambassadors Guilherme Korte, Anelizabete Teixeira and Eufran Amaral
for meetings focused on planning the next WBC in Brazil in 2025 or 2026. Our first stop is
in Serra Grande in southern Bahia state for the workshop, the IV Jornado do Bambu hosted
by Avalon Sol.
From there, we will travel to Brasilia to meet Anelizabete for meetings with the RBB
(Brazilian Bamboo Network)
[https://www.inbar.int/in-profile-brazilian-bamboo-network-brazil/?fbclid=Iw…]
and the agricultural institution, Embrapa. [https://www.embrapa.br/en/international]
These meetings will determine the level of support we can expect for hosting the WBC. To
gain even better insight into the potential of bamboo within the Amazon basin, we will
continue our travel to Acre to visit a project site of Guilherme Korte.
Some of you may remember our plans for a WBC in Rio de Janeiro in 2007...unfortunately the
support fell through and the event was cancelled. We feel optimistic we can bring the WBC
to Brazil soon, to help promote and realize the National Policy for bamboo cultivation and
industry. The National Policy to Encourage the Sustainable Management and Cultivation of
Bamboo, defined thirteen years ago by Law 12,484 of 8 September 2011, has yet to be
regulated. In the meantime, Brazil has become a member of INBAR
[https://www.inbar.int/country/brazil/] (2017). We hope by bringing global attention to
investment opportunities and project collaborations, bamboo in Brazil will help mitigate
climate change, increase economic value in bamboo cultivation and utilization and of
course, alleviate poverty. Stay tuned!
~Susanne Lucas, Executive Director
National flag of Brazil.
Bamboo Shoot Superfood for Nutrition, Health and Medicine book to be translated into
Spanish!
This incredibly important book
[https://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Shoot-Superfood-Nutrition-Medicine/dp/0367467… World
Bamboo Ambassador Nirmala Chongtham and Madho Singh Bisht of Panjab University, originally
published in 2020, will soon be available in the Spanish language, thanks to funding
provided by WBO. World Bamboo Ambassador Guillermo Mortera is leading the translation,
with help coming from Ambassadors [https://www.worldbamboo.net/ambassadors] Mauricio Mora
Tello and Ximena Londoño!
Based on 18 years of research, Bamboo Shoot: Superfood for Nutrition, Health and Medicine
[https://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Shoot-Superfood-Nutrition-Medicine/dp/0367467…
health-promoting bioactive compounds found in bamboo and offers practical guidance on how
this vegetable, bamboo shoot, is used for food fortification. Already a delicacy in many
Asian countries, bamboo shoots aid in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer,
diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Exploring the tradition and culture of bamboo in Asian
countries, this book also provides information on the science behind the nutritional value
of bamboo shoots.
Written by individuals with expertise in bamboo shoot nutrition and fully illustrated in
color, this book reveals the antioxidant activity of bamboo shoots and discusses the
potential for bamboo to be used as an ingredient in functional foods and nutraceuticals.
This highly practical book discusses processing and packaging of shoots for long term
storage and using bamboo in the development of novel food products.
Having this valuable resource in the Spanish language will open new opportunities for
cultivating bamboo for food and medicine across the Spanish-speaking world!
Insights Forum 2024: From Roots to Revenue: Securing Finance and Climate Solutions Through
Agroforestry—The
Case of Bamboo
Last month I had the opportunity to attend this seminar held in Singapore led by the
Asian Development Bank [https://www.adb.org/] Thanks to meeting Thomas Kessler and Hans
Woldring of ADB at the WBC in Taiwan, we are working together to expand the impact of WBO
to a larger audience of people in finance with little knowledge of the benefits of bamboo,
and the ways in which bamboo is a nature-based solution to climate change. WBO Ambassador
Luis Felipe Lopez was at the event on behalf of Base Bahay [https://base-builds.com/] as
was Russell Smith, CEO of Rizome [https://rizomebamboo.com/] Harriet Rudd of
EcoPlanetBamboo [https://www.ecoplanetbamboo.com] and Marc Peeters of BambuNusaVerde
[http://www.bambunusaverde.com/] Discussions at this event left me hopeful that
investments in bamboo projects will come soon and become a more common reality.
Cultivating bamboo can give the planet more resilience against the increasing temperatures
and catastrophes damaging all life on earth.
Let me take this opportunity to extend my personal gratitude to all of you out there who
believe in bamboo. Yes, bamboo can make a difference. Yes, you can make a difference.
Together we must #keepbamboostrong!
Please take a look at our new website [https://www.worldbamboo.net] and if you can,
please consider a donation [https://www.worldbamboo.net/get-involved] to help the World
Bamboo Organization continue on the path of promoting bamboo globally for the benefit of
all living things on this planet.
Help us make a difference today! [https://www.worldbamboo.net/get-involved]
Sincerely, Susanne Lucas - Executive Director
Thomas Kessler and I, In the Bambusetum at the Singapore Botanical Gardens.
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