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Creation of IBA - International Bamboo Association - will unite all national associations. ABS - American Bamboo Society -, which editor is George Shor, possess a bamboo discussion group in Internet, in english. Some of their members are taking over an ambitious project, BIM - Bamboo Identification Manual -, online tool designed to help bamboo species identification. EBS - European Bamboo Society - is similar to the american, with several chapters. In Austrália the Bamboo Society of Australia unite many australian enthusiasts. Bamboo Plantations internet discussion group has several specialists exchanging information and questions.

In South America we have ECUABAMBU in Ecuador, with national deputy Cecília Calderón as president, and with the National Bamboo Project, for popular habitational, industrial and commercial purposes. In Colombia there is the Sociedad Colombiana de Bambú, presided by Dr. Ximena Londoño - taxonomist - and also with a national project. In Central America, Costa Rica counts on FUNBAMBU, foundayion created to manage their national bamboo project. There is also AMEB - Associación Mexicana de Bambú - and ASOBAMBU - of Guatemala.

Asia has national societies in India, China, Japan and Philipines. In China there is the China Bamboo Research Center. Asia is the main focus of INBAR - International Network for Bamboo and Rattan -, research and managing institute for development od social programs that use bamboo and rattan. There is many country members in Ásia, Europe and America.

In Brasil the ABMTENC research alternative construction materials, with bamboo in projection. At PUC-RJ, Dr. Khosrow Ghavami, engeneer, researches bamboo aplications since 70's, and is the ABMTENC founder and president. Prof. Luis Mendes Ripper, from Art and Design Department, co-ordenates LOTDP - Laboratório Oficina de Desenvolvimento de Protótipos -, where bamboo is used in object and structures. Prof. Tarciso Filgueiras - botanist -, at Brasília, researches grasses, including bamboo. Edson Sartori and Rubens Cardoso, from Campo Grande - MS, realize seminaires and constructions with bamboo. At IAC - Instituto Agronômico de Campinas -, Prof. Anizio Azzini and Prof. Antônio de Barros Salgado study bamboo aplications.

Events and courses about bamboo occur regularly in many countries of the world.