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Educational Resources and Research Papers for BSA Members

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Can Bamboo Generate Carbon Credits in Australia? Exploring the Current Landscape

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Justin Popp
August 6th, 2025

As bamboo gains recognition as a fast-growing, renewable resource with powerful climate benefits, landholders and project developers across Australia are asking: Can bamboo generate carbon credits? At present, bamboo is not recognised under Australia’s official carbon credit framework. However, several voluntary carbon certification pathways are available internationally, each with its own opportunities and challenges. This […]

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Webinar recording: Highlights from The Next Frontier Summit

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Justin Popp
July 25th, 2025

Our three-city event series was designed to build momentum and foster collaboration toward a new chapter for Australia’s bamboo industry – with a strong focus on sustainable, engineered bamboo. Watch our highlights session shared by Jennifer Snyders, Jeremy Mansfield OAM, hosted by Kenney Lemire.

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The Next Frontier Summit – speaker presentations

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Justin Popp
July 1st, 2025

Our three-city event series was designed to build momentum and foster collaboration toward a new chapter for Australia’s bamboo industry – with a strong focus on sustainable, engineered bamboo. More than 20 experts from Australia and overseas shared their insights spanning design, certification, supply chains, research and more. View the presentations below: Sunshine Coast Event […]

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Webinar: Bamboo Unboxed with Munir Vahanvati

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Kenney LeMire
May 24th, 2025

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2024 Annual General Meeting minutes

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Justin Popp
April 30th, 2025

View the meeting minutes from the BSA 2024 Annual General Meeting

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Research Papers

The challenge of connecting bamboo

Bamboo Society
April 23rd, 2017

Author: Munir Vahanvati Institution: Director, Giant Grass and Vice president, Bamboo Society of Australia Building with bamboo is becoming very popular throughout the world with many prominent architects now using bamboo as a construction material. Bamboo architecture has taken a big leap in developing countries in recent years and has become a symbol of eco-friendly […]

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Reviving people’s trust in Bamboo technology

Bamboo Society
April 23rd, 2017

Reviving people’s trust in Bamboo technology Author: Mrs Mittul Vahanvati Institutions: PhD candidate, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and Director, Giant Grass, Melbourne, Australia A case-study of Orlaha settlement reconstruction in Bihar after the 2008 Kosi floods,

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Observations of branch growth on Bambusa stenostachya

Bamboo Society
March 29th, 2017

Read Paul Bournes article from his research in Vietnam at the bamboo village Binh Duong Viet Nam Observations of primary branch growth in a sympodial bamboo Bambusa stenostachya Vietnamese name Dang nga and nine secondary branches. Download Paper here–.Observations of branch growth in a sympodial bamboo in Binh Duong Province, Viet Nam (1) Paul Bourne […]

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Cross-section modification and branch re-alignment

Bamboo Society
March 29th, 2017

Read Paul Bournes article from his research at the bamboo village in Vietnam on cross-section modification and branch re-alignment using forms to make the branches straight or tubes to change the shape of the branch as it grows. Download Paper here–.Cross-section modification and branch re-alignment during the growth phase of sympodial bamboos (1) Paul Bourne Bio […]

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Bamboo and sustainable development

Bamboo Society
March 29th, 2017

Read Paul Bournes article from his research in Vietnam on Bamboo and sustainable development Sustainable development is essential for humans to survive on earth indefinitely, and in this context, Viet Nam has work to do to reduce its ecological footprint to a sustainable level. Since the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, there has been […]

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3m diameter bamboo octa helical dome

Bamboo Society
March 28th, 2017

Read Paul Bournes article from his research in Vietnam on 3m diameter bamboo octa helical dome. This dome design eliminates the problem of water pooling in the top panels when covered in fabric or tarp, and creates more head room with smaller diameter domes. Download Paper here –> 3m diameter bamboo octa helical dome design […]

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