Inside this issue:

• President’s Column, Bob Gretton
• Editorial, Geoff Kyle
• BSA Meeting at Mt Helena, Western Australia.
• Letter to the Editor, Wendy Wilkins
• Wild Bamboos in Timor Leste, by Don Franklin, Julianne Hartmannn and Rob Swain
• Mullerochloa in the Wild, by Don Franklin, Len Muller and Geoff Kyle
• Preservation of Bamboo Structures, by Prof. Walter Liese
• Double-Culmed Bamboo, by Lorraine Paice
• A New treatment Process? edited by Geoff Kyle
• World Bamboo Day.
• Green School, Bali.
• Bamboo Housing and Disaster Relief in Haiti.
• Bamboo Events in 2010.
• Labelling and Marketing of "Bamboo" Textiles, by Jolanda Jonkhart
• Herba-Shine – A Hans Erken Adventure, edited by Geoff Kyle.
• Human Flying and Bamboo Fiber, from the Aviation Pioneer to Contemporary Design, by Michel Abadie
• Bamboo as Carbon-Sink - Fact or Fiction? Prof. em. Dr. Walter Liese
• Conventional vs. Substitutive Bamboo Construction: The Classification of Bamboo Construction, by Andry Widyowijatnoko and Martin Trautz
• Notice of Subscriptions Due and AGM
• Members Adverts, nurseries etc.
• Board Member Contact Details

Inside this issue:

• President’s Column, Bob Gretton
• Editorial, Geoff Kyle
• World Bamboo Congress – Thailand September 2009, by Bob Gretton
• Simon Velez Wins Prince Claus Award for 2009, ed Geoff Kyle
• Bamboo and Climate Change: The Imperative, by David E Sands
• Bamboo Compendium, by Bernt Carstenschulz, cont. by Cliff Sussman
• Bamboo De-Brancher – A Useful Tool, by Alya Manzart
• Thai Royal Bamboo Project Foundation Field Trip, by Bob Gretton
• Bambu Brasileiro or the Future of a Material, by Georg-Christof Bertsch
• Bio-sequestration of Carbon Within the Phytoliths of Economic
• Bamboo Species, by Jeff Parr and Leigh Sullivan
• Our Explorations in Bamboo Construction, by Munir Vahanvati and Mittul Vahanvati
• Bamboo in Thailand, by Bob Gretton
• Construction and Construction Methods: Bamboo Building Essentials, by Darrel DeBoer and Megan Groth
• The Samoan Bamboo Project – Bamboo as an Agroforestry Timber Replacement Crop, by Durnford Dart
• Impact of Bamboo in Silvi-Horticulture, by A C Lakshmana
• Bamboo Food in Thailand, by Bob Gretton
• In Honor of Bamboo Pioneers, by Susanne Lucas
• Minutes of the 2009 Annual General Meeting
• BSA Financial Statement for the Year 2008 – 2009

• President’s Column, Bob Gretton
• Editorial, Geoff Kyle
• 2008 Annual General Meeting of Bamboo Society of Australia World Bamboo Congress Update, by Thomas Lindley
• World Bamboo Day – Bangkok, September 18, 2009
• A Banana Bender’s Impressions of the 2008 BSA AGM in Western Australia, by Barry O’Connell (BOC)
• Thyrsostachys spp. by Thomas Lindley
• Letters to the Editor, from Peter Form and Richard Joynes
• American Bamboo Society Plantations Group, by Robert Roark
• ACIAR Bamboo Management Research Project Review, by David Midmore
• Balanda Dreaming – Part III , by Geoff Kyle
• Taxonomic Interpretations of Australian Native Bamboos (Poaceae: Bambuseae) and their Biogeographic Implications,by Donald C. Franklin
• Red Bamboo, Phyllostachys aureosulcata aureocaulis, by Peter Form
• Bamboos In South East Asia, by Don Franklin
• Sub-Optimal Equilibriums in the Carbon Forestry Game: Why Bamboo Should Win But Will Not, by Raya Widenoja
• Tucker – “Wendy Kwong’s” Pickled Bamboo, by Wendy Wilkins
• Timor Black, Bambusa lako, in Flower, by Thomas Lindley
• An Air Conditioner, Food Source and Building Material in One. The Evolution of Woody Bamboos Revisited, edited by Geoff Kyle
• Bamboo Fibres and Their Unique Properties, by T. Afrin, T. Tsuzuki, X. Wang
• In Part Because of its Luxurious Softness – Are Bamboo Fibre Fabrics Environmentally Friendly? by Michael Lackman
• Bamboo Reforestation at Laguna Lake In A Planet Of Our Own - A Vision of Sustainability from Across Six Continents.
• Traditional Methods for Bamboo Propagation in Nursery by Seethalakshmi K.K2, Jijeesh C. M and Unni, K. K.
• Autumn Meeting of WA Chapter of BSA. by David Parnham

Iinside this this issue:

• President’s Column, Hans Erken

• Editorial, Geoff Kyle

• BSA Announcements

• Book Review - Farming Bamboo - Daphne Lewis by Geoff Kyle

• Three New Papers - by Don Franklin.

• Dichotomous Key for Bamboo - BP post Geoff Kyle

• Structure Protection - by Walter Liese

• Tucker - by Geoff Kyle

• Enhancing Bamboo Utilisation in Oekussi, East Timor - by Julianne Hartmann

• Bamboo in China, text - by Robyn McDougall and photographs by Nick Hogarth.

• Field Day at “Norval” by Lance Seadon

• Bamboo Field School by Ben Brown

• Bamboo “Opals” and Climate Change. Edited by Geoff Kyle

• New Australian Plantations by Andrew Benson

• Landscape Architecture Project by Tabea Schmid

• International Bamboo Conference Report – by Thomas Lindley

• Bamboo Fabrics - And Another Thing … by John Eden & Geoff Kyle

• Controlling Bamboo Pests by Roy Wiersma

• Prometheus in Gondwanaland by Geoff Kyle

• New Group of Endangered Lemurs Found in Madagascar