Dear all,
Our bamboo tour is coming soon…
· INBAR will host its annual bamboo study tour this June and visit Qingdao as well as Zhejiang and Yunnan Provinces. Click here for more information and application forms.
http://www.inbar.int/events/2014-inbar-bamboo-tour/
Tentative schedule of 2014 INBAR Bamboo Tour
1 June, arrive in Qingdao, Shangdong province
2 June
· 2014 Qingdao International Horticultural Exhibition (estimated 15 million visitors)
· INBAR garden in Qingdao Expo (ornamental bamboo plants and house, pavilions)
· Bamboo Green House (10,000m2 green house)
3 June
· Machine manufacturer of stand woven bamboo
· Famous Qingdao Beer Museum (since 1800s)
· Sightseeing in coastal areas
In Zhejiang Province the tour will visit the following:
4 June in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province
· DASSO. DASSO produced 230,000m2 bamboo fireproof ceiling in the Madrid international airport, which won the 2006 Sterling prize. DASSO is also producing the bamboo interior veneer for 70,000 BMW cars per year, 45m long bamboo wind turbine blades, and strand woven bamboo lumber and flooring for 2010 Expo Shanghai as well bamboo furniture for IKEA.
· Visiting the beautiful West Lake and sightseening in Hangzhou
5 -6 June in Anji county
· Companies producing bamboo concrete form and fiberboard, bamboo curtains and mats, bamboo extract such as flavonoid, bamboo beer, bamboo furniture, and bamboo processing machines.
· Companies specializing in bamboo shoot processing.
· Community-level primitive processing workshops (bamboo strips).
· Anji bamboo product markets (hundreds bamboo products including bamboo clothes).
· The biggest bamboo botanic garden in the world, Anji Bamboo Garden, which has more than 300 bamboo species plus four giant pandas. The garden is home to the Chinese Bamboo Museum, a high-yield bamboo plantation, a bamboo film production base (eg Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) eco-tourism sites, and an ornamental bamboo nursery.
· Anji Soil and Water Conservation Station under Ministry of Water Resource of China
· Local politicians and experts to discuss bamboo sector policies and technology, encouraging enterprisers to invest in other bamboo production countries such as Africa, Asia and America.
7 June in Lin’an county
· Research institutions like Zhejiang Agro-Forestry University (bamboo products showroom, bamboo charcoal, bamboo tissue culture lab).
· Taihuyuan ormental bamboo garden
· High yielding plantation for shoot production
8 June in Suichang county
· Wenzhao (the biggest bamboo charcoal company producing charcoal and vinegar).
· China Bamboo Charcoal Museum, the only bamboo charcoal museum in the world.
· Bamboo charcoal production factory
· Bamboo charcoal company to produce high value added bamboo charcoal products
In Yunnan Province, we will visit the following:
9-10 Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province
· Bamboo museum
· Tropical Bamboo Garden with over 300 species including the biggest bamboo species
· Tropical Bamboo nursery and giant bamboo plantation
· Bamboo tissue culture lab
· Sightseeing in Kunming city
After the tour, some participants will take part in three-days training course on bamboo cultivation and propagation in Kunming by 11-14 June.
11 June depart from Kunming for the tour participants
14 June depart from Kunming for the training participants
Jinhe
FU Jinhe, Ph. D
Senior Programme Officer & Regional Coordinator of East Africa
Coordinator of IUFRO 5.11.05 Bamboo and Rattan
Project Manager of EU Bamboo Biomass Energy
International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
8, Futong Dong Da Jie, Wangjing, Chaoyang District
P. O. Box 100102-86, Beijing 100102, P. R. China
Tel: +86-10-64706161 ext. 208
Mobile:+86-1364 1234 213
Fax: +86-10-64702166
Email: jfu@inbar.int
Website: www.inbar.int
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