CANCÚN, Mexico, Dec 8, 2010 (Tierramérica) – While a global agreement to fight the climate crisis may be off the table for now, many activists and experts are focusing on options for mitigating climate-changing gas emissions and the impacts of increasingly extreme weather. One such alternative is bamboo. Bamboo grows quickly, needs little water, absorbs [...]

Source: www.inbar.int How can bamboo reduce vulnerability to climate change, while providing income for local communities? Cancun, Mexico, 1st December, 2010: As negotiators struggle to break the north-south deadlock on climate change action, the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) has pointed to the important role bamboo can play in reducing the vulnerability of [...]

Fight climate change with bamboo, says campaign group (AFP) – 7 hours ago CANCUN, Mexico — World leaders pondering the conundrum of climate change should think of bamboo, a group promoting the versatile grass said at the UN talks in Cancun on Wednesday. Cheap, fast-growing and immensely strong, bamboo provides an answer to surging carbon [...]