Hi Robert,
Many countries around the globe have made important research contributions to bamboo technologies, but the proper dissemination of this knowledge has not always been guaranteed. We need more access to the relevant bamboo research and respective economic viability studies, in order to find out new potential
cultivation sites for this fabulous raw material. Regions with cheap workforce, abundance of usable land and much sunshine, like Asia, Africa and Latin America, will certainly have the advantage over regions like North America and Europe, where a "bamboo revolution" would be more costly and therefore quite unlikely. Maybe this could be a reason for the reduced interest of the group you mentioned?
Best regards,
Hans J. Kleine
Florianópolis/SC - Brazil
De: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com]
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 24 de outubro de 2014 18:32
Para: Bamboo
Assunto: [bamboo-plantations] Re: Bamboo Vs. Wood
Interesting article.
We need more research about other superior attributes that can make bamboo and rattan more widely respected as a viable alternative to the highly subsidized corn-cotton-timber vested interests..They killed it here in the USA, but proper education and promotion could bring the research back.
Does anyone know where the biggest private bamboo plantation in the world is? I would like to see that.
Interest in this group seems to have gone down, but tough times are just the right time to get prepared for the "bamboo revolution" that could propel sustainable alternatives based upon biomass to market dominance.
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Robert Roark
415-895-0088
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