♦ World Bamboo Day is observed every year on September 18 to raises awareness about the importance of bamboo on a global scale.

♦ Bamboo is the most sustainable – ecofriendly - renewable natural resource used for various purposes.

♦ It is used to make small products, furniture and to construct houses and structures.

♦ The World Bamboo Organization (WBO) proclaimed September 18 as World Bamboo Day in 2009, during the eighth World Bamboo Congress in Bangkok.