Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Honorary Council

Michel Abadie – WBO President 2011-2013

Journalist and Designer

Paris, France

E-mail: bambadie@gmail.com

Andrew Oteng-Amoako
Wood R&D Scientist
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana
E-mail: oamoako2002@yahoo.com
Carmelita Bersalona
Executive Director, In Hand Abra Foundation
New Manila, Quezon City, The Philippines
Email: cbersalona1@gmail.com
Victor Brias
Bamboo Plantations Group
Tessenderlo, Belgium
www.bamboo-plantations.com
E-mail: info@bamboo-plantations.com
Jorge Campos Roasio
Grupo Investigaciones Tecnológicas (GINTEC)
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: jcamposr@vtr.net
Xuhe Chen
Wood Scientist
INBAR
Beijing, China
E-mail: xhchen@inbar.int
Lynn Clark
Plant Taxonomist & Author
University of Iowa
Ames, Iowa, USA
E-mail: lgclark@iastate.edu
Gilberto Cortés Rodríguez
Plant Taxononist
Quintana, Mexico
E-mail: gcortesbambumex@hotmail.com
Yves Crouzet
Botanist & Horticulturalist
Host of 2nd IBC, Prafrance
Bamboo Parque
Portugal
E-mail: yves.crouzet@wanadoo.fr
Hans Erken
Permaculture Consultant and Nurseryman
Maleny, Qld, Australia
E-mail: hans@earthcare.com.au
Coosje Hoogendoorn
Director General
International Network of Bamboo and Rattan
Beijing, China
Email: choogendoorn@inbar.int
David Flanagan
Bamboo Fencer, engineer & designer
Boston, MA  USA
Email: DavidBFlanagan@comcast.net
Robert Hallett
Development Expert (Retired United Nations)
Vienna, Austria
E-mail: bob.hallett@gmail.com, robert.hallett@chello.at
Oscar Hidalgo Lopez
Architect & Author
Bogota, Colombia
E-mail: bamboscar@yahoo.com
Lionel Jayanetti
Development Expert
TRADA
United Kingdom
E-mail: ljayanetti@trada.co.uk
Walter Liese
Scientist and Scholar
Emeritus Professor
University of Hamburg, Germany
E-mail: wliese@aol.com
Ximena Londoño
Taxonomist / Biologist
President, Colombian Bamboo Society
Cali, Colombia
Email: ximelondo@gmail.com
Susanne Lucas – CEO, WBO
Past President, American Bamboo Society
Horticulturist, Consultant
Plymouth, MA USA
Email: susannelucas@gmail.com
Bobby Mañosa
Architect & Author
Manila, Philippines
E-mail: bobby@manosa.com
Raphael Moras de Vasconcellos
Products Designer
Bambu Brasileiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
www.bambubrasileiro.com
E-mail: raphael@bambubrasileiro.com
Jan Oprins
CEO
Oprins Plant NV
Rijkevorsel, Belgium
www.oprins.com
Email: joprins@oprins.com
Kamesh Salam
Past President, WBO 2008-2010
Director, Cane & Bamboo Technology Centre
Guwahati, Assam, India
www.caneandbamboo.org
E-mail: kamesh@caneandbamboo.org
David Sands
Architect, Designer, Engineer
Bamboo Technologies / Bamboo Living
Hawaii, USA
www.bambooliving.com
Email : david@bambooliving.com
Cherla Sastry
Forester / Scientist
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada
E-mail: cherla_sastry@hotmail.com
Shozo Shibata
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Field Science Education and Research Center
Kyoto University
Email: sho@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Margaret Stern
Plant Taxonomist & Author
Quito, Ecuador
E-mail: pstern@access.net.ec
Jeffree Trudeau – WBO Special Projects Director
Architect, Designer, Engineer
Bamboo Living
Hawaii, USA
www.bambooliving.com
Email: jeffree@bambooliving.com
Masatoshi Watanabe
Botanist / Bamboo specialist
Kyoto, Japan
E-mail: dkakd107@kyoto.zaq.ne.jp
Paul Weatherly
Environmentalist / Biologist
Washington, D.C. USA
E-mail: paul@gorillabond.com
Charley Younge
Entrepreneur
Amsterdam, Holland
E-mail: info-charleyyounge@bamboe-ic.nl
Amin Samuel Zacca
Kumasi Logging & Lumber Co. Ltd.
Kumasi, Ghana
Email: tycooninvest@yahoo.com