Blog

Promising Future for Bamboo Furniture Market

The latest study released on the Global Bamboo Furniture Market by AMA Research evaluates market size, trend, and forecast to 2028. The Bamboo Furniture market study covers significant research data and proofs to be a handy resource document for managers, analysts, industry experts and other key people to have ready-to-access and self-analyzed study to help […]

Long bamboo fibers for high-performance composite applications

The Dutch startup/grownup Bambooder has been working on biobased alternatives for traditional fossil fuel produced composites since 2014. Bambooder‘s founder Marc Bokeloh and co-founder Dr.Ir.Ing. Almer van der Stoel developed a patented technology to mechanically extract bamboo fibers and produce semi-finished products for high-performance composite applications. The Dutch company Bambooder is bringing an easily renewable material – […]

Bamboo growing is where money is

From the lush fertile landscapes of Webuye, in Bungoma County, two visionary farmers embarked on a remarkable journey of transforming communities through bamboo farming, a plant that many, globally, have started paying attention to. Daniel Wepukhulu and Robert Kodingo is a team dedicated to bamboo farming and youth empowerment. Their efforts have brought economic growth […]

Cities of grass: how bamboo buildings can advance climate goals

Large-scale concrete and steel structures have become potent symbols for human development. But the paradox of modern construction is that by shaping the environment to be hospitable to our needs, it has also contributed towards making the planet a much more dangerous place to live. Steel and concrete, the world’s top two building materials, together […]

Conservation Action Fund

This Call for Proposals for Research Support Grants aims at providing support to young and early researchers in their research to improve the knowledge on Freshwater Decapods, Freshwater Fishes, Freshwater Odonates and Freshwater Molluscs and their role in natural ecosystems. These grants intend to provide budding researchers the opportunity to mature into seasoned conservationists. Fondation […]

Indian government introduces draft for Green Credits, to reward environmental initiatives

To create a mass movement around environmental positive actions and realize the vision of “Mission LiFE” through pro-planet-people and entities to achieve India’s net zero goal of 2070, the Indian government is coming up with Green Credits. The Green Credits Programme is designed to incentivise voluntary environmental actions undertaken by individuals, private sectors, small scale […]

Agroforestry Group to Attend International Agarwood Conference ISSA 2023

Agroforestry Group is excited to announce that it will be attending The International Scientific Symposium on Agarwood (ISSA) 2023, scheduled for October in Malaysia. The two-day event brings together distinguished Agarwood experts, policymakers, and businesses to collectively explore advancements in cultivation, extraction, and industry regulations. We are proud to be a part of this global gathering, facilitating […]

Farming by Committee: How We Organize Our Agroforestry Co-op

While farming in a co-op can be more involved, it’s gratifying to share both the risks and the rewards. We’re talking about the nuts again. It seems to be a perpetual topic of conversation within my group of about 15 neighbors: where to place the nut orchard. Some want to see the orchard planted on […]

Canadian wildfire maps highlight ongoing fires in Quebec, Ontario, and beyond.

Canada is experiencing its most destructive wildfire season on record, as hundreds of blazes burning from coast to coast continue to send tremendous plumes of smoke into the atmosphere. Thick bands of soot and smoke particles captured over the last month by satellite images showed the extent of the air pollution traveling south over the Canadian border […]