Gerhard Dieterle, ITTO Executive Director (right), and Hans Friederich, Director General of INBAR during the signing ceremony of the MoU. Photo: R. Carrillo/ITTO
ITTO and the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) agreed to increase their collaboration on the sustainable management, use and trade of tropical bamboo and rattan resources and enabling South–South cooperation. Gerhard Dieterle, ITTO Executive Director and Hans Friederich, Director General of INBAR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 25 June 2018, during the first day of the Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress 2018, underway in Beijing, China.