Directory of Bamboo Resources

Websites concerned with the science of bamboo growing as an economic or environmental resource.

Resources in This Category

American Bamboo Society

http://www.bamboo.org/
Information about the society and its chapters, uses and cultivation of bamboo in general and for individual species, glossary, and bibliography.
Bamboo: An Alternative Movement

http://illumin.usc.edu/article.php?articleID=114
Sara Nakasone describes how bamboo is being used as an alternative resource to other types of wood. Find a discussion about the structural engineering issues involved in building larger bamboo structures.
Ecombamboo Syria

http://sites.google.com/site/ecobamboosr/
Provides training in planting, production and the commercialization of bamboo and its products, operating in Lebanon, Cyprus, Torque, Kuwait, Saudi Arab, Egypt, and Syria.
Environmental Bamboo Foundation

http://www.bamboocentral.org/
organization promoting bamboo as an environmentally renewable resource. Details of its activities in Indonesia and Hawaii, information on building houses and shelters and other general information.
Growing Bamboo in Alabama

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/bamboo.html
Provides an economic history of the use of the plant as a crop in the state. Includes a discussion of soils, climate, propagation and culture.
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

http://www.inbar.int/
Knowledge dissemination for rural areas and industries on bamboo and rattan conservation and use.

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