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Industrial, Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation Potentials of Bamboo

Mekonnen Daba

Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · pp. 1–8 · Published 11 Nov 2016

10.9734/JSRR/2016/28926

Abstract

Bamboo is an exceptional ancillary for timbers. It has more than 150 years history as indicated in different scientific investigations. Bamboo is a perennial plant, highest yielding, the fastest growing and renewable natural resource. Global climate change has been identified as the most important environmental, economic and social challenge faced by humankind. Greenhouse gases (GHG) in the earth’s atmosphere is increasing and causing climate change. Numerous researchers, policy makers and scientists are trying their best to decrease this greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) from the earth atmosphere. Bamboo is frequently encouraged as an ideal renewable resource for biomass, valuable for wood and paper industry. Bamboo is source of income in rewarding the diverse requirements of smallholder’s farmers in rural areas and has great potential in sequestering carbon and climate change mitigation. Therefore, promoting bamboo farming systems in smallholder farmers to reduce greenhouse gas in atmosphere and expanding bamboo forests in future under wider use and intensive management is suggested. This study provides a brief overview about bamboo potentials as; industrial benefits, carbon sequestration, soil erosion control, water and soil conservation and climate change mitigation.

Bamboo industrial carbon sequestration climate change mitigation

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