Phyllostachys aurea or “Golden Bamboo”, is a bamboo species native to China and Vietnam. It is a graceful bamboo producing large clumps of bright green canes becoming yellowish with age and exposure. The culms are easily identified by their characteristic compressed internodes in the lower part of the canes which have a tortoiseshell-like appearance.
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The best bamboo species for building and construction are found in the tropics, more specifically within the genera: Guadua, Dendrocalamus and Bambusa.
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Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on earth. Some species of bamboo can grow more than 1 meter per day, which is about 4 cm per hour. No other plant grows faster. Two examples of such fast growing bamboos are Madake (Phyllostachys reticulata) and Moso (Phyllostachys edulis). A new bamboo shoot will reach its full
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Bamboo is a sustainable and renewable resource as it continuously spreads vegetatively. A bamboo forest will therefore develop much faster than tree forests. In commercial forestry, trees have to be cut down and replanted. In bamboo plantations, only mature stems are selected for harvest while younger stems are left untouched to further mature and develop. Approximately 20%
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The popular claim that bamboo produces 35% more oxygen than trees has been circulating for years, mostly on sustainability websites and in bamboo marketing. It sounds good, but where does it really come from? In most cases, it is repeated by product promoters or eco-enthusiasts pointing to bamboo’s fast growth and carbon storage potential. And
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Bamboo plants absorbs enormous amounts of greenhouse gases, and because of its rapid growth, bamboo is very useful as a tool for carbon sequestration.
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Bamboo forests protect rivers and their ecosystems by regulating the quantity and quality of water. They form a sort of wall that serves as sediment control and to prevent the loss of flow in rivers. Bamboo acts as a reservoir by collecting and storing large amounts of water in its rhizomes and stems during rainy season, and
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Bamboo is a great tool for soil protection due to its rapid growth, permanent canopy and huge network of roots and rhizomes. The root system that grows in the surface layer of the soil (20 – 60 cm deep), can reach up to 100 kilometers per hectare. Rhizomes can survive for more than a century,
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Bamboo is an important part of a biodiverse ecosystem. Many animals such as the Giant Panda (China), Red Panda (China), Mountain Gorilla (Uganda/Rwanda), Sumatran Tiger (Indonesia), Lesser and Greater Bamboo Lemurs (Madagascar), Bale Monkey (Ethiopia), Bamboo Bats (China) and the Agile Gracile Opossum (South America) rely on bamboo for food and shelter. In addition to
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Bamboo is a sustainable energy source that produces 1 kWh of electricity from 1,2 kg of bamboo. This is similar to the biomass requirements for wood products, but outperforms other types of biomass sources such as hemp, bagasse or rice husk. Bamboo can produce an enormous amount of biomass in a relatively short period of
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Bamboo can replace wood in almost any application. Today, there are thousands of bamboo products that completely replace wood, ranging from paper and pulp products, flooring, musical instruments, furniture, construction materials, and so on. In addition, bamboo fibers are much stronger than wood fibers and less likely to deform due to changing atmospheric conditions. Bamboo
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The bamboo sector plays an important role in the livelihoods of local farmers. Developing a stable bamboo industry is a great way to help reduce poverty, increase economic opportunities for men and women, and to fight global unemployment. In less developed countries, unemployment has often resulted in conflicts and social unrest. The production and manufacturing
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