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When a deadly new virus appeared in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, few would have imagined its wide-ranging effects. Within weeks COVID-19 was spreading around the world; within a year it had killed one a half million people and hospitalised tens of millions more, forcing nation after nation into lockdown and bringing many economies to a juddering halt.
As international travel stalled in the face of movement restrictions, the consequences were sometimes calamitous - even in places more normally adrift from events elsewhere.
One such place was Samburu, deep in the heart of Kenya, where people reliant on wildlife safari tourism were left struggling to survive.
This thought-provoking episode of People & Power, from filmmaker Andreas Knausenberger, is a salutary reminder of the coronavirus pandemic's unexpected effects on remote communities far from the glare of the global spotlight.
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Bamboo: an undeveloped resource and Africa's green gold.
Experts from Ethiopia on why the country needs to do more to develop this valuable giant grass. Fast-growing, sustainable and versatile, this incredible plant has a lot to offer the country.
This video was produced by Asehnafi Lakew Manila and INBAR's East Africa Regional Office.
The International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation, or INBAR, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to promoting the use of bamboo and rattan for inclusive, green development. We research and strengthen the global knowledge base for bamboo and rattan and raise awareness of their use for:
♣Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
♣Land Restoration
♣Poverty Alleviation
♣South-South Cooperation
♣Sustainable, Affordable Construction
♣Accessible, Green Energy.
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The way we learn and share experiences is changing. INBAR’s themed online webinar series brings bamboo and rattan experts from all over the world together to educate, inspire and discuss, without the need for travel.
This is session 2 of the series 'Bamboo: A Very Sustainable Construction Material'. These webinar sessions aim to build greater awareness about bamboo’s potential to alleviate the world’s acute housing crisis, as a low-cost form of construction and as part of the development of zero-emission, ‘green’ cities.
Speaker: Kent Harries, Professor of the University of Pittsburgh
Topic: Full-culm bamboo as a full-fledged engineering material
Speaker: Andry Widyowijatnoko, Architect and Lecturer at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Topic: From traditional to engineered to substitutive bamboo construction
Speaker: Sebastian Kaminski, Senior Structural Engineer of Arup
Topic: Designing durable bamboo structures: how to protect against rot and insect attack
The International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation, or INBAR, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to promoting the use of bamboo and rattan for inclusive, green development. We research and strengthen the global knowledge base for bamboo and rattan and raise awareness of their use for:
♣Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
♣Land Restoration
♣Poverty Alleviation
♣South-South Cooperation
♣Sustainable, Affordable Construction
♣Accessible, Green Energy.
INBAR Official:
www.inbar.int
www.twitter.com/INBARofficial/
www.twitter.com/INBARlac/
www.twitter.com/INBARWaro/
www.facebook.com/INBARofficial/
www.facebook.com/INBARlac/
www.facebook.com/INBARWARO/
Follow our Youtube channel for practical tips for growing, processing and marketing bamboo and rattan products as well as interviews, speeches and more from our work around the world.