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Over the last five years much ground has been covered in promoting research on biodiversity, genetic resources and conservation of bamboos in several Asian countries. However, although bamboos are very popular in most Asian countries with traditional and cultural values, resources are continually being depleted. There are a large number of species yet to be properly identified and many countries do not yet have any data regarding species or resources available in them. There is obviously a need for well-trained researchers, and this workshop was organized to examine the situation; at it many technical problems were presented in order to reach suitable solutions applicable or useful to different countries, and future research needs were discussed.