Australian Development Gateway

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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Environmental sustainability

Environmental Bamboo Foundation

The website provides information on the use of bamboo as a building material and earthquake architecture in Indonesia.

It also explains the need to find alternative building materials, in order to offset carbon emissions and provides animations and information on the advantages of using bamboo in earthquake reconstruction and as emergency shelters. There is also detailed information on the overall environmental benefits and efficiencies of using bamboo.

 

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