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• International Network for Bamboo and Rattan - INBAR
• Bamboo distribution • Bamboo and erosion control • Bamboo and land restoration • Bamboo products and
international trade • Conclusion and what next?
Contents of Presentation
INBAR
• Established in 1997 in China as a global Inter-Governmental Organization
• Improve the lives of the producers and users of bamboo and rattan through sustainable management, use and trade of the resources.
• International Commodity Body for bamboo and rattan since 2001
Growth of Bamboo
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Bamboo Root System
Bamboo can bind up to 6m3 of soil
A single bamboo plant can bind up to 6m3 of soil
Erosion Control Research, China
Rain throughfall in bamboo is 89%.
Rainfall interception in bamboo is 9.3%
Runoff compared to sweet potato cropland is reduced by 24.6%
Soil erosion in sweet potato cropland 4.7 times higher than bamboo plantation
Rwanda National Bamboo Policy
Grow bamboo in order to reduce soil erosion and siltation of rivers and water bodies
Plant bamboo in 5 metre corridors along small rivers
Plant bamboo in 10 metre corridors along big rivers
Plant bamboo in 50 metre corridors along lake shores
River Bank Protection - Brazil
River Bank Protection - Philippines
Bamboo and mangrove species shall be tapped as reforestation crops, particularly on river banks and in coastal areas, to control soil erosion and as buffers against wave action”
Photo: Villars Foundation
Landscape Restoration Near Allahabad, India
• Pilot project in 1996 by Utthan and INBAR
• 100 Hectares reforested with bamboo by 2003
• 2007 Alcan Prize for Sustainable Development
• After 10 years: • 85,000 hectares • 786,000 people
Land devastated by quarrying for brick-making was rehabilitated with bamboo
Landscape Restoration Near Allahabad, India One of the nurseries used to supply bamboo seedlings
After 5 years
Restoring mined land with bamboo in Ghana
After 10 months
After 3 months
Before the planting
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana Trial Plots in Ashanti Region Each plot covered an area of 825 m2, and planted with six bamboo species in a 2 m x 2 m matrix at three trial sites
Species Performance, Ghana
Table 3: Bamboo species performance rating for live fencing at the various sites
(E = excellent; VW = very well; W = well; NR = Not Recommended)
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Performance rating of bamboo species for live fencing
Un-mined site Rating Reclaimed site
Rating Un-reclaimed site
Rating
D. Strictus N.R D. Strictus N.R D. Strictus N.R
Oxytenanthera Abyssinica
V. W Oxytenanthera Abyssinica
V.W Oxytenanthera Abyssinica
V.W
Bambusa vulgaris vitata
V. W Bambusa vulgaris vitata
V. W Bambusa vulgaris Vitata
N.R
Bambusa Oldhamii
N. R Bambusa Oldhamii
N.R Bambusa oldhamii N.R
Bambusa Ventricosa
N. R Bambusa Ventricosa
N.R Bambusa Ventricosa
N.R
Dendrocalamus membranaceae
E Dendrocalamus Membranaceae
E Dendrocalamus Membranaceae
E
Guadua Chacoensis
N. R
Total plantation: 38,466 h. of which 30,066 ha bamboo plantation. Species: Dendrocalamus farinosus and Bambusa rigida
Before planting
After 8 years
Chishui County, Guizhou Province, China
1 year 2 years
3 years 8 years
Chishui County, Guizhou Province, China
Bamboo and Climate Change
Carb
on
accum
ulatio
n t C
/ha
Carbon sequestration under regular harvesting for Ma bamboo & Eucalyptus urophylla plantations (INBAR 2010)
Bamboo and Climate Change
Carbon Sequestration, Lin’an County, China
Pilot and verification site for China Green Carbon Foundation carbon accounting methodology
46.7 ha of Phyllostachys pubescens planted in Lin’an County, Zhejiang Province, China in 2007
Healthy bamboo forest after 5 years
Alibaba paid USD 30,000 in 2011 to buy 8155 tonnes CO2e generated by the plantation
Resilience – 2008 South China Snow Storm
Damaged bamboo stands in 2008 – recovered by 2010
0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48
Recovery time (years)
Surv
ival
rat
e (r
/%)
140
120
100
80
60
*
S. superba
C. carlesii
L. formosana P. Massoniana A. fortunei C. rargesn
Graph adapted from Chen. et al, Chin. J Appl Environ Biol 2012, 18(2): 194-199
Traditional Bamboo Use
Traditional Bamboo Construction
Engineered Bamboo Construction Material
www.moso-bamboo.com
www.lamboo.us
www.lamboo.us
ADAL factory, Addis Ababa
Interior Design
Barajas Airport, Madrid – Terminal 4
www.dassogroup.com
2012 Trade in Bamboo
• Domestic bamboo trade in China 19.5 billion USD
• Estimated domestic bamboo trade in India 3 billion USD
• Estimated bamboo trade rest of the world 5.5 billion USD
• International bamboo trade 2 billion USD
• TOTAL 2012: 30 billion USD
Figures based on UN Comtrade database and Harmonised System Codes of International Customs Organisation – under-estimate
Conclusion
• Bamboo is a crop that grows fast and can be harvested annually
• Bamboo plants are good soil conservation and slope restoration
• Using bamboo will help avoided deforestation
• Bamboo as a traded commodity is a serious development option
• Bamboo could and should be used in African landscape management
What is Needed ?
• Nurseries to produce planting material and training in bamboo nursery management
• Policy framework to enable and promote development of bamboo industry
• Training and technology transfer from countries that have advanced further
• Investment from private sector partners
• Quality control to facilitate access to international market