EU Supports The Sustainable Development Of Bamboo ( 2011/04/19)
The European Union (EU) has contributed EUR 1.3 million (GHC 28 million) to support the management and sustainable development of bamboo as a new source of energy in Africa, precisely Ghana and Ethiopia. The support is being granted under the Project for Bamboo as sustainable Biomass Energy: A Suitable alternative for firewood and charcoal production in Africa.
The project is aimed at increasing the use of bamboo as a source of energy for the poor of Ethiopia and Ghana thereby providing a more sustainable, environmentally friendly and economical option to firewood and wood charcoal.
Group Picture The 48 month project launched in March 2009 - 2013, is being coordinated by the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) in collaboration with the governments of Ghana and Ethiopia and other partners such as Rural Development and Promotion Centre (EREDPC), Ethiopia, Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency, (FeMSEDA), Ethiopia, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Ghana Bamboo and Rattan Development Programme (BARADEP), Ghana and Nanjing Forestry University, (NFU), China.
The second steering committee meeting of the project was held in Accra in February 1, 2010, to review the process that has been made under the project in developing bamboo as a suitable alternative for firewood and wood charcoal. Mr. Jannik Vaa, Head of Infrastructure and Sustainable Development Section, EU Delegation Ghana, told the meeting that through the project, the EU is supporting the sustainable management of Ghana's and Ethiopia's resources and helping to develop new sources of energy.
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