20. Why NOTbamboo?
• Lack of vision and guidelines
• Lack of policy support (national and international)
• Lack of investors
Why lack of …?
Insufficient knowledge and information on bamboo and
rattan resources
Insufficient knowledge of bamboo and rattan potential
Limited knowledge of advanced technologies and markets
21. 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
25. Research and dissemination of
information
• Bamboo for land restoration
• Ecosystem service from
bamboo forests
• Bamboo for climate change
mitigation and adaptation
• Bamboo for energy
• Bamboo and rattan
management technical
documents
• Technology documents
• Policy advisory
A2: high emission scenario –Regional economic oriented, population growth- clash, A1B Middle emission scenario, B1 Low emission scenario- Sustainable development and the last one is no emission added
Source: IPCC AR 4