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FOREST
RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA (FRIM) is
Malaysia’s premier R&D institution on forestry and forest
products. FRIM
was formerly known as Forest Research Institute, under the
administration of Forest Department of Peninsular Malaysia. It
became a statutory body in 1985. Today it has more than 600
employees.
FRIM
places a strong focus of bamboo.
In its research programmes
for 2001-2005 there is a special programme on processing and
utilisation technology of non-wood resources (Rattan and
Bamboo). The
priority areas include post-harvest technology, product development
and quality enhancement. FRIM
is also a partner in the INCO project “Sustainable management and
quality improvement of bamboo and products”.
More specifically a natural stand with Gigantochloa
scortechinii and Dendrocalamus
pendulus serves as one of the key elements in the whole project.
Abdul
Latif Mohmod (Ph.D.) will lead the participation of FRIM and will be
assisted by Dr. Azmy Mohamed.
Dr.
Latif Mohmod is a world renowned bamboo expert.
He has 16 years of experience as a senior researcher on
non-timber forest products processing and utilization. He has
published more than 200 papers since 1985. His recent articles
include:
Bamboo
as an alternative planted and industrial material to timber in
Malaysia: yield, production and utilization points of view. VI
International Bamboo Workshop and V International Bamboo
Conference. San
Jose, Costa Rica. 2-6 November 1998.
Properties
and Utilization of
Bamboo. Manual on Planting and Utilization of Bamboo in
Peninsular Malaysia. FRIM Research Pamphlet 118.
Bamboo,
rattan and related species: Management and research
considerations. Proceedings of XXI IUFRO Congress, Kuala Lumpur.
August 2000.
Properties
of urea- and cement-bonded particleboard from three-year-old
bamboo (Gigantochloa scortechinii). Journal Tropical Forest
Products 5(1): 39-45.
Anatomical
features and chemical compositions
of Gigantochloa scor-techinii, the commonest bamboo
species in
Peninsular Malaysia. Bamboo Journal 14: 56-66.
Azmy
Mohamed (Ph.D.) has 15 years experience in bamboo silviculture. His
recent publications include:
Silviculture
Treatments on Natural Bamboo stands in Peninsular Malaysia.
Bamboo Journal. Japan Bamboo Society. No. 17: 12 - 19 pp.
Kenali
Buluh (To know Bamboo) (in Malay Language) Siri Alam dan Rimba No. 5. FRIM, Kepong, 51p.
Demand
and Supply of bamboo in the Northern Regions of Peninsular
Malaysia - A General Review. FRIM Reports No.72, 9-36 pp.
Regeneration
of natural stand bamboos of Gigantochloa scortechinii. Journal
of Tropical Forest Science 11(3):639-65.
Bamboo
resources, conservation and utilization in Malaysia. Proceedings
of training course cum workshop 10-17 May 1998, Kunming and Xishuangbanna,
Yunnan, China. (A.N. Rao and V. Ramanatha Rao (Eds.) ), 186-200
pp.
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