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BAMBOO

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Bamboo

Bamboo for BioelectricityBiofuels & Carbon

Large ScaleCultivation of Bamboo

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• Bamboos grow more rapidly than trees and start to yield within three or four years of planting.

• Plantation establishment requires minimal capital investment and builds upon the inherent plant-cultivation skills of local farmers and foresters.

• Bamboos can be harvested bi-annually and non-destructively.

Why Bamboo?

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• Bamboos are excellent for rejuvenating degraded lands and protecting against soil erosion.

• Bamboos may easily be intercropped with shallow-rooted crops.

• As well as the culms, all other parts of the bamboo plant can be used in rural livelihoods - shoots for food, leaves for fodder, and branches for items such as brooms and for firewood.

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Providing:• Energy• Fuel• Textiles / Woven products• Animal feed• Paper / Fiber• Housing & roofing• Rural development

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Initiating Cultures in the Lab

Under sterile conditions, new clones are started in special nutrient agar that

promotes fast proliferation.

8Germinating Somatic Embryo

9Induced Organogenesis

10Micro-propagation Stage in Laboratory

11Conditioning Plantlets for Shipment

12Part of a 750,000 Plantlet Shipment

13Conditioned Plantlets

14Receiving a New Shipment at the Nursery

15Plantlets ready for Nursery Multiplication

16Multiplication at the Nursery

17eReed in the Nursery

18Field Multiplication

19Plantation Establishment

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Plantation growth(6 months)

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Plantation growth(6 months)

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Ending Juvenile Growth

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Plantation established (1 year)

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Established Plantation

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Mature

Dendrocalamus giganteus

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Mature

Bambusa oldhamii

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22 month old Bamboo ready for harvest

2822 month old Bamboo ready for harvest

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Variable Topography Harvest

30Utilization of Cane Harvesting Equipment

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Loading for delivery to Chipping Supply Yard

32Moving Bamboo to Supply Yard

33Chipper Supply Yard

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Supply Yard

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Material Handling at Supply Yard

36Stationary Chipping Equipment

37Chipping Head

38Clear cut Harvest of Mature Bamboo

39Clear cut Harvest of 4,000 Hectares

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Regrowth (1 month after Harvest)

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Regrowth (2 months)

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Closed Canopy Regrowth

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Closed Canopy Regrowth(close-up)

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Mature Elite Bamboo culm

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Plantation growth(22 months)

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Plantation growth(24 months)

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Plantation regrowth

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2000 year old Chinese Plantation

(well maintained)