3 November 2010, Bank of Mauritius
The Bank of Mauritius (the Bank) has today entered into a Protocole D’Accord with the Agricultural Research & Extension Unit (AREU) with a view to providing the Bank with the necessary advisory, technical and ancillary services for the development of a Bamboo Garden at Dubreuil, Midlands.
The Protocole D’Accord was signed by Mr M Iqbal Belath, Second Deputy Governor of the Bank and Mr Jay Prakash Teeluck, Acting Director of AREU.
The creation of a Bamboo Garden is one of the projects identified by the Bank to mark its 40th Anniversary in 2007.
The Project comprises, inter alia, a garden with a variety of local and imported bamboo plants from different parts of the world and a bamboo museum.
This Project underscores the social responsibility of the Bank by adding value to the ecological landscape of Mauritius in line with the concept of “Maurice Ile Durable”.
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