Video shows launch of community bamboo treatment facility in Indonesia

2018-06-14

A new project video is now available showing the opening of a new bamboo treatment facility in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The facility, which opened on 22 March 2018, is helping local communities boost incomes by increasing the longevity of their bamboo products and thereby adding value to them through the application of an environmentally friendly preservation technique called 'ECOSOTE'. The production of treated bamboo is opening new markets and supporting the development of a sustainable bamboo industry in the region. The treatment facility is an output of ITTO project PD 600/11 Rev.1 (I): “Model capacity building for efficient and sustainable utilization of bamboo resources in Indonesia”.