World Bamboo Day 2010

It is a great pleasure to know that the World Bamboo Day celebration along with the North East International Bamboo Festival is being organized by the Govt. of Nagaland and the World Bamboo Organization at Kisama, Nagaland during 16th to 18th Sept. 2010. On this auspicious occasion, the CBTC is bringing out a special issue of the newsletter - C & B News - focusing the activities and achievements of the concerned state department in the implementation of the National Bamboo Mission in this part of the country.

I am glad to know that the World Bamboo Day as well as the North East International Bamboo Festival are being celebrated under the joint initiative of the Government of Nagaland and the World Bamboo Organization at Kisama in Nagaland during 16th - 18th September,
2010.

World Bamboo Day, 2010 & North East International Bamboo Festival, Kisama, Nagaland
 

World Bamboo Day was declared in 2009 bythe Thai Royal Forest Department on 18th September in Bangkok, during the 8th World Bamboo Congress. This declaration is an effort to increase the awareness of bamboo globally. Where bamboo grows naturally, bamboo has been a daily element, but its utilization has not always been sustainable due to exploitation.

I am glad to know that the Government of Nagaland in association with World Bamboo Mission is organizing a celebration of the World Bamboo Day along with the North East International Bamboo Festival from 16th-18th September 2010, and that the Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre is endeavouring to bring out a special issue of its newsletter (C&B Newsletter) to mark the occasion.

I am glad to know that Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre is going to organize World Bamboo Day along with the North East International Bamboo Festival from 16th to 18th September, 2010 in collaboration with Govt. of Nagaland and World Bamboo Organization.

The theme of the festival is "Bamboo for Livelihood and Community Development". A newsletter is also being brought out in commemoration.