Our Team
Get to know the people behind the vision.
At Bamboo Village Trust, our team is the heartbeat of our mission. Comprised of passionate professionals and dedicated specialists, we work together to promote bamboo-based social forestry and foster sustainable landscapes.
Each member brings unique expertise and unwavering commitment to create lasting positive change in the communities we serve.
Arief Rabik’s passion for bamboo has deep roots in his childhood. Born and raised by a dedicated bamboo pioneer, Linda Garland, and surrounded by the forests of Ubud as his playground, Arief Rabik answered his true calling. The Bamboo Village Initiative (BVI) was conceived as an ambitious and groundbreaking strategy by Arief Rabik aimed at addressing one of the world’s most critical issues: land degradation.
Simultaneously, Arief designed the Bamboo Village Initiative as the cornerstone for creating community-based social forestry assets, which he referred to as the Restoration Economy. He established the Bamboo Village Trust (BVT) for its global implementation.