INBAR - International Bamboo and Rattan Organization Member

Founded in 1997, INBAR is an intergovernmental development organization that promotes environmentally sustainable development using bamboo and rattan, with the mission “to improve the well-being of producers and users of bamboo and rattan within the context of a sustainable bamboo and rattan resource base, by consolidating, coordinating and supporting strategic and adaptive research and development.” 51 Member States are a part of INBAR. In addition to its Secretariat Headquarters in China, INBAR has Regional Offices in Cameroon, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana and India. INBAR has Observer status to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as well as the Three UN Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, UNCBD, UNCCD).

Its unique position allows INBAR to act as an important advocate for its Member States. With most of its Member States from the Global South, INBAR has played an especially strong role in promoting South-South cooperation. Since its founding, it has been making a real difference in the lives of millions of people and environments around the world, with achievements in areas such as raising standards, promoting safe, resilient bamboo construction, restoring degraded land, enhancing biodiversity and contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation through capacity-building, informing green policy to support the global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.