From village-scale nonprofits to intergovernmental programmes, these organizations are proving what bamboo can do at every scale.
📍 Murchison Falls, Uganda
Bamboo Village Trust runs a demonstration bamboo village on the edge of Murchison Falls National Park, showing how bamboo construction, agroforestry, and craft production can create jobs and restore degraded land — while offering an eco-lodge that funds the work.
Source: bamboovillagetrust.earth
📍 Ethiopia · Kenya · Rwanda · Uganda
The International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR) runs a multi-country bamboo development programme across East Africa — mapping bamboo resources, restoring degraded watersheds, and building local bamboo value chains as part of the broader Sino-Dutch-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme.
Source: inbar.int
📍 Philippines
Rizome plants bamboo on degraded and underused land across the Philippines, generating verified carbon removal while producing sustainable bamboo timber as an alternative to logging tropical hardwood forests.
Source: Climate Impact Partners
We're always looking for credible, well-documented bamboo projects to add to this list.
