XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS

Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997




VOLUME 3, TOPIC 15


A. K. Mukerji1




    PLANTATION BAMBOO FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVITY

    P. Shanmughavel1

    Over-exploitation and shrinkage of their natural habitat is depleting the bamboo resources at an alarming rate. Sustained availability can be ensured only by plantations. This paper describes the results from a trial plantation of Bambusa bambos. This proved to be an ideal species for large-scale plantations. Productivity, pulp characteristics and economic aspects are discussed.

    Keywords: Natural bamboo, depletion, sustained availability, plantation bamboo.

    1 Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.




    Previous Section
    Next Section

     

    Download the Pdf file for this topic (182 K)
    What is a Pdf file ?

     

    Back to Top of the page


    this page is hosted on the FAO Forestry Department WebSite

     

      Send feedback to: World-Forestry-Congress-XI@FAO.ORG

    [Back to FAO Home Page]