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Because bamboo can grow on otherwise marginal land, bamboo can be profitably cultivated in many degraded lands. [4] [5] Moreover, because of the rapid growth, bamboo is an effective climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration crop, absorbing between 100 and 400 tonnes of carbon per hectare (40–160 tonnes per acre).
In 2021, INBAR also became part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and in the same year also signed an agreement with the UN Industrial Development Organization to cooperate on bamboo and rattan business development. In 2023, INBAR was awarded Observer status to the UN Conference on Trade and Development.
Development and Promotion of Bamboo Housing Technology in East Africa published in 2011. [20] Between Global and Regional Visions: The Way Forward for Uganda’s Cities published in 2013. [21] Globalization and Regionalism: Complimentary or Antagonistic Paradigms published in 2012. [22]
Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. [19] Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, and its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber. [20] [21] Some bamboo species have displayed remarkable strength under test conditions.
The National Bamboo Project of Costa Rica was established in 1986 with the dual aims of reducing deforestation by means of replacing timber with bamboo as a primary building material and providing low cost housing for Costa Rica's rural poor.
Bamboo yarn can also be blended with other textile fibres, such as hemp or spandex. Bamboo is an alternative to plastic that is renewable and can be replenished at a fast rate. Modern clothing labeled as being made from bamboo is usually viscose rayon, a fiber made by dissolving the cellulose in the bamboo, and then extruding it to form fibres ...
EcoPlanet Bamboo claims to have overcome many barriers to industrialize bamboo as a commercial crop: A lack of planting material. See “bamboo mass flowering". Lack of knowledge on the growth, ecology and yields of bamboos other than Moso. High investment required to take bamboo through the 6–7 years required to reach maturity.
Forest product processing technologies have undergone extraordinary advances in some of the above categories. Improvements have been achieved in recovery rates [clarification needed], durability and protection, greater utilization of NTFPs such as various grain stalks and bamboo, and the development of new products such as reconstituted wood ...