Peggy Stern, South American Regional Director of BOTA, will be participating in the World Expo Shanghai as a speaker at the 2010 International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) Congress on May 20-22. She will give presentations on experiences with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification of bamboo forests and plantations in Latin American and the […]
...click to read moreGib Cooper November 27 at 6:59pm
A cooperative project jointly funded by Association of Zoological Horticulture (AZH) and Bamboo of the Americas (BOTA) under the supervision of Jorge Lezcano of University of Panama.
By Jorge Lezcano (Edited by Gib Cooper) November 26, 2009)
Bamboos are forest grasses that form a common component of neotropical ecosystems. In Panama bamboos […]
Mike Bostwick, Associate Horticulture Director at the San Diego Zoo is collaborating with BOTA Director, Gib Cooper, and Iris Rojas, Administrator of Summit Zoo Botanical Garden in Panama to assist in developing a plan for renovating the botanical garden’s Bamboo Walk.
Summit Municipal Park was created in 1923 as an experimental tropical garden administered by the […]
Bamboo events continue to be added to the schedule of the of the World Forestry Congress coming up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 18-23 this year. Here is the list of the activities related to bamboo forestry to date and hope that all of you can attend. This is a good opportunity to participate and […]
...click to read more Natalia Reategui’s thesis in Spanish. She was a 2007 BOTA-SAP recipient. Her thesis is in Spanish.
“Caracterización y Clave de Identificación de Bambúes en el ámbito Chanchamayo, Departamento de Junín, Perú
2009 Calendar with native bamboos of Mexico from Dr. Teresa Mejia’s brother, Manuel Mejia, in Xalapa, Veracruz. It is illustrated with photos of the National Bamboo Collection of Mexico a BOTA collaborative project. See project reports.
...click to read moreConstructing and Conserving with Bamboo
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) - Bamboo of the Americas (BOTA)- American Bamboo Society (ABS)
Round Table Discussion
Bamboo is a worldwide forest resource that exists from sea level to the high mountain ecosystem. The ligneous or woody bamboos play an important environmental role by slope stabilization, soil protection, erosion and […]
ABS Annual Meeting - October 1-4, 2009 - Tacoma, Washington
Sponsored by the Pacific NW Chapter of the American Bamboo Society
details: http://www.abs2009.pnwbamboo.org/ABS_2009/Welcome.html
Bamboo of the Americas (BOTA) is the only conservation organization actively publicizing and developing strategies for improving the environmental status of native bamboo in the Americas.
The OBA (an Oregon based 501(c)-3 non-profit) directors voted to amend the by-laws to include wording that expands the chapter’s role in bamboo conservation by adding these objectives:
~To promote conservation […]