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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In recent years different technologies have been developed that allow bamboo fiber to be used for a wide range of textile, fabrics, yarn, cloth, clothing and fashion applications such as T-shirts, pants, underwear, socks, towels, bedsheets, pillow covers, blankets, mattresses, and even bulletproof vests. In truth, bamboo has always been a useful plant, as people
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In Latin America, farmers often use bamboo as beehives. Bamboo internodes (the part between 2 nodes) of larger diameter bamboo species such as Guadua angustifolia or Dendrocalamus asper are very well suited to make a bamboo beehive. A closed piece of bamboo is suspended horizontally under the roof of a house or shed, and a small hole made in
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Dendrocalamus sinicus, also known as “Giant Dragon Bamboo”, is the largest bamboo in the world. It has the tallest and biggest culms of any known bamboo species which can reach up to 46 meters in height, and up to 37 cm in diameter.
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Can you eat bamboo? Yes, but not all of them… Of the 1718 known bamboo species worldwide, 132 species are recorded to have edible shoots. Edible meaning a satisfactory to delicious taste, because even though some bamboo shoots are classified as edible, they must be carefully prepared and boiled before consuming! Bamboo shoots may contain
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Whether you are just starting to learn about bamboo or already a seasoned professional, this selection of bamboo books will definitely be of interest for those that wish to grow or work with bamboo. From its historical uses to gardening tips and DIY building guides.
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Bambusa tulda, commonly known as Bengal Bamboo or Indian Timber Bamboo, is a fast growing medium-sized tropical clumping bamboo native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan.
Schizostachyum pergracile ( previously Cephalostachyum pergracile) is a beautiful medium sized clumping bamboo native to India and Indochina. The common name for this bamboos species is Tinwa Bamboo and the plant has good quality canes which are used extensively for cooking and baking sticky rice, the poles are also used for construction.
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