Bamboo and rattan get boost at congress
- Source: Global Times
- [11:11 May 21 2010]
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Visitors enter the Vietnam Pavilion in the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai Thursday. The pavilion's structure and interior decoration are both made of bamboo and rattan. Photo: Duan Wuning
By Duan Wuning
The benefits of bamboo and rattan are being promoted by a congress on the materials, which launched at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai Thursday.
The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) celebrated the INBAR Honor Day at the Expo by launching the three-day congress, which will bring together experts on the use of the natural resources and discuss how they can be used to create a "better city, better life."
Bamboo and rattan were extensively used in the construction of the Expo pavilions of Spain, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Peru, Norway, Madrid and the German-Chinese House.
"When you consider that the key objective of the Expo is to showcase how to enhance urban living while protecting the environment, the message couldn't be clearer: bamboo and rattan are a genuine solution," said Coosje Hoogendoorn, director general of INBAR
Sichuan Province alone has 800,000 hectares of usable bamboo resources, which could help quake-hit farmers and the economy recover, Ali Mchumo, managing director of the UN-affiliated Common Fund for Commodities, pointed out at the congress.
