Hi Bruce and all,
I agree that it is possible to sequester CO2 by reforestation with bamboo.
The bamboo stand will sequester CO2 until it will have reached the
steady-state, which simply means that the available space is occupied. Then
you have the equilibrium of production and decomposition. After the bamboo
stand has passed into the steady-state stage, the bamboo stand is only a
CO2-stock which is flown through by the carbon. The carbon will stay there
as long as a new deforestation can be avoided.
I don't believe that bamboo in every case is the best solution. You
shouldn't choice the plant with the most rapid growth but the plant which
will have the greatest amount of biomass in full-grown stage. Many further
considerations for example the protection of species or economic aspects are
important.
Regards,
Raimund
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Gesendet: Samstag, 18. September 2010 16:17
An: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [bamboo-plantations] Role of Bamboo in response to climate change
Bamboo has an important place in our response to climate change as it helps
mitigate the effects in several ways. Mixed bamboo species planted in areas
that have little forest cover now can help with sequestration of CO2 for
some years, but eventually the rate of sequestration levels out. The use of
the culms for building,etc. stores some carbon over the long term as well.
Research published by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory climate modelers shows
that reforestation can only help for a while, but that is just what we must
do to stabilize the climate while we transition from a fossil fuel energy
economy to a sustainable energy economy. So bamboo with it's ability to
rapidly provide cover to exposed lands has an important role.
In nature, bamboo is but one plant in a matrix that includes trees so I'd
suggest that bamboo plantings should be considered in a wider context, as
one element in the re-establishment of a forest containing a diversity of
species.
One important effect is that bamboo can help reduce erosion both by breaking
up rain drops, slowing runoff in the mulch and by trapping soil that would
otherwise be lost. In this way planting bamboo may help to counter or reduce
desertification, which is one of the most serious effects of climate change
that we face today. Bamboo grows well "along the margins" and can help
restore marginalized or exhausted land cleared for other uses.
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