Suva, Fiji, August 21, 2024 – The project “Fiji Bamboo to Adapt and Mitigate Climate Change” generated great interest and positive feedback from the Fiji Ministry of Public works, Meteorological Services and Transport and Ministry of Forestry and other Steering Commitee members during its first Project Steering Committe (PSC) meeting in Suva, this week.
Implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) with an aim to support the sustainable, inclusive production and use of bamboo as a resilient, sustainable, and cost-effective construction material in Fiji, the bamboo project objectives also include economically empowering women and other marginalized groups in Fiji. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) with an aim to support the sustainable, inclusive production and use of bamboo as a resilient, sustainable, and cost-effective construction material in Fiji, the bamboo project objectives also include economically empowering women and other marginalized groups in Fiji. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Fiji has 20 species of bamboo, one of which is indigenous and the rest introduced from abroad. Bamboo has been a vital part of Fijian culture and life for a long time, used for many purposes including construction, cooking, and fishing.
The Pacific Green Business Centre, the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) and Fiji’s Ministry of Forestry are keen to establish a Bamboo Centre in Fiji to serve as a focal point for bamboo-related activities and revive the bamboo industry in the Pacific.
With the growing global interest in bamboo, owing mostly to its potential in combating climate change, this is the right time to invest in the industry in Fiji.
There have been a number of attempts in the Pacific in bamboo related activities but many have not been followed through with. There have been a number of trainings provided in relation to bamboo in both propagation and utilisation but these skills need to be complemented by other trainings, such as simple business principles or financial management.
The Fiji Bamboo Centre will be the central support system for Fiji’s fledgling bamboo industry to provide those trained with assistance .....CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
With the growing global interest in bamboo, owing mostly to its potential in combating climate change, this is the right time to invest in the industry in Fiji.
There have been a number of attempts in the Pacific in bamboo related activities but many have not been followed through with. There have been a number of trainings provided in relation to bamboo in both propagation and utilisation but these skills need to be complemented by other trainings, such as simple business principles or financial management.
The Fiji Bamboo Centre will be the central support system for Fiji’s fledgling bamboo industry to provide those trained with assistance .....CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
The Ministry of Forestry plans to establish a bamboo plantation to serve as a genetic pool for Fiji’s bamboo species.
This move aims to improve bamboo resource management and utilization.
Minister for Forestry Alitia Bainivalu has outlined key initiatives for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
These include creating a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for bamboo inventory and conducting inventories across provinces to enhance bamboo management.
Another major initiative involves research and development trials to test bamboo’s durability in construction with data collection and analysis planned to explore its potential for building resilient structures.
Bainivalu states that bamboo is central to Fijian culture and daily life, with about 20 species, including the indigenous Polynesian Bamboo, or ‘Bitu Dina’ (Schizostachyum glaucifolium).
Some species, like the Punting Pole Bamboo (Bambusa tuldoides), the Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus), and the Tali Bamboo (Gigantochloa apus) are rare and localized.
The Ministry’s Research and Development Division aims to expand the use of these species to benefit local communities.... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
This move aims to improve bamboo resource management and utilization.
Minister for Forestry Alitia Bainivalu has outlined key initiatives for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
These include creating a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for bamboo inventory and conducting inventories across provinces to enhance bamboo management.
Another major initiative involves research and development trials to test bamboo’s durability in construction with data collection and analysis planned to explore its potential for building resilient structures.
Bainivalu states that bamboo is central to Fijian culture and daily life, with about 20 species, including the indigenous Polynesian Bamboo, or ‘Bitu Dina’ (Schizostachyum glaucifolium).
Some species, like the Punting Pole Bamboo (Bambusa tuldoides), the Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus), and the Tali Bamboo (Gigantochloa apus) are rare and localized.
The Ministry’s Research and Development Division aims to expand the use of these species to benefit local communities.... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Building a bamboo industry in Fiji: https://sustainablemanagement.solutions/building-a-bamboo-industry-in-fiji/
FIJIAN BAMBOO NOSE FLUTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn8WeKgO8Po
FIJI'S BAMBOO CHAMPION https://www.fijitimes.com.fj/fijis-bamboo-champion/
BAMBOO SEA GOING CANOE https://abeltasman.org.nz/moana-nui-mass-migration-and-triangular-men/
In FIRSTnations communities 'making practices' are passed on in what has been coined as the EIGHTways of learning which describes the following processes:
• Learning through narrative
• Planning and visualising explicit processes
• Working non-verbally with self-reflective, hands-on methods
• Learning through images, symbols and metaphors
• Learning through place-responsive, environmental practice
• Using indirect, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches
• Modelling and scaffolding by working from wholes to parts
• Connecting learning to local values, needs and knowledge
• Learning through narrative
• Planning and visualising explicit processes
• Working non-verbally with self-reflective, hands-on methods
• Learning through images, symbols and metaphors
• Learning through place-responsive, environmental practice
• Using indirect, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches
• Modelling and scaffolding by working from wholes to parts
• Connecting learning to local values, needs and knowledge
In post colonial circumstances all too often there is a component of 'unlearning' that takes place as traditional systems and cultural knowledge are reawakened.
For instance, in many/some Pacific Island villages missionary inspired housing is being turned away from given that iron roofs fying through the air in high winds present a danger that bamboo an thatch structures do not. This is a development worth taking note of!
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