Title: BAMBOO: THE VERSATILE ECOFRIENDLY RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD
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Issue Number: 36
Year of Publication: 2015
Month of Issue: April
Published by: ENIVS Centre EMPRI
Printed Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 28
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BAMBOO: THE VERSATILE ECOFRIENDLY RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD
Bamboo is a woody grass belonging to the sub-family Bambusoideae of the family Poacae. Worldwide there are more than 1,250 species under 75 genera of bamboo, which are unevenly distributed in the various parts of the humid tropical, sub-tropical and temperate regions of the earth (Subramaniam, 1998). An estimated 8.96 million ha forest area of our country contains bamboo (Rai and Chauhan, 1998). Bamboo generally forms the under-storey in the natural forests. It is found to grow practically all over India, particularly where the annual rainfall ranges between 1,200 mm to 4,000 mm and the temperature varies between 160C and 38oC. The most suitable conditions for the occurrence of bamboo are found in between 770-1,080 meter above sea level. India is very rich in bamboo diversity with 124 indigenous and exotic species, under 23 genera, found naturally and/or under cultivation (Naithani, 1993).
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BAMBOO: THE VERSATILE ECOFRIENDLY RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD
The following topics are covered in this Issue:
Bamboo,The Grass
Bamboo—Species
Diversity
Propagation of Bamboo
Bamboo to combat
Climate Change
Bamboo for:
Food
Clothing
Shelter
Bamboo Cultivation and Trade—Policy and Legal Aspects