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BAMBOO, Sustainability and eco-friendly product For more about bamboo click here Introduction Bamboo is the most important species and introduced in large scale especially sociel forestry in India.It is a best substitute for hardwoods and adsorbs carbondoixide gases and release 35% more oxygen to the atmosphere that is equivalent to hardwood trees.In socal forestry programmes bamboo is grown in the following systems. Bamboo is important step towords the development of sustainable utilization and renewable resource.There are about 1500 bamboo spiecies in the world.It is the world faster producer for biomass and can be used for anything between production of paper or clothing used for construction. In China, bamboo leaf extract has a long history of food and medical applicationsand have a potential to get remarkable relevance among spectator in global market. Bamboo shoots is an important food source in many Asian countries with Thailand,China and Japan is the biggest consumers. Strip plantation The plantation along canal,roads,agricultural fields ,protection of community etc.And also offer physical protection of the land resources ,in that they not only conserve topography ,soil,water,air and fertility,aso provide shade and clean surrounding.It also meets the immediate requirments like agricultural population small timber,fuel and fodder. Rehabilition of degraded forest The report show that total forest area of country is 75 million hectors.The recent satellite imagery shows the dense forest occupies an area of 37.8 million hectors.The remaining area got degraded forset where the density of trees are less than 40% of dense forest.Bamboo has planted on large scale in several states in order to rehabitate dense forest by degraded forest program with an aim to improve soil fertility and thereby productivity. Reclamation of waste lands This means re-claiming it or use this land for prductive purpose .Wasteland reclamation is the process of turning barren ,sterile waste land to fertile land which is suitable for cultivation and habitation. The land which is suffer various problems like soil erosion,acidity,gully,ravine,landslide,water logging,acidity etc.Government of India implement programme for reclamation of land to improve soil condition ,selection of proper tree species for afforestation and re-vegetation of land is the key way of success in these programmes. Bamboo is appropriate which can be planted on these lands.This species being tolerant of water logging,salinity,alkalinity,soil erosion etc. Agroforestry plantation Bamboo is a household species and is best friend of farmers. It is a system by which agricultural crops can be grown in association with tree crops.Any agro forestry take in concern we can see that there is a competition for light, space water and nutrients between the tree crop And agricultural crop.So the tree crop is selected should be compatible to the agricultural crop. Community forestry programmes This programme is based on growing bamboo on public community land contrary to private farms.The department of forest take most of the programmes and take responsibility about planting.The involvment of local community is passive and normally restrictred to the provision of hired labour for planting and an agreement to protect plantation. It is highly versatile and capable to growing in different type of soil . We can use bamboo for home decoration and domestic purpose.Moreover this products are eco-friendly and sustainable. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOUT BAMBOO PRODUCTS INNOVATIVE PRODUCT FROM BAMBOO CONTENT Building with bamboo looks back on ancient traditioon in the regions there the growth of plants are enormous such as South America ,Africa band particlarly in South-East-Asia. It is the oldest construction materials and is used for walls ,roofs ,foundation , reinforcements and decorations. It acts as good earthquake resistance material. The world is facing scarcity about timber consumption in future.Due to urbanisation the people need more timbers. They decided to choose a product which is best substitution wide range of purpose. A product which doesn’t have negative or no impact to environment.The greate advantage of bamboo is that we can utilize all the parts of the plant for a variety of purposes ranging from construction to deodrants and medicines. Bamboos are fast growing plants in the world,due to rhizome-dependent system. Certain species can grow 910 mm within a 24-hour period,at a rate of almost 40 mm an hour(a growth around 1mm every 90 seconds,or 1 inch every 40 minutes ). Bamboo is a pioneering plant it can grown in full sun and tolerates high winds.This is capable of land reclamation damaged by overgrazing or poor farming. Bamboo is the definite solution for nature,cultivation and maintenance of bamboo is easy in comparison with wood.It grows faster and dense foilage ,will deposite a thick layer of leaf litter covering the ground,and will then start restoring degraded soils and re-establishing a cooler micro-climate.Bamboo roots are fibrous and spread widely.This means that it has the ablity to hold soil and excellent solution for soil erosion. Bamboo has the capacity for very high nitrogen uptake.This makes mitigation of waste water pollution and disposal of effluents. Waste water from manufacturing ,livestock farming and seweage treatment plants can be used to irrigate bamboo crops,thus covering the waste water into useful biomass. PROPERTIES OF BAMBOO Moisture content of bamboo Bamboo is a hygroscopic material that is it will absorb or expel moisture from or to it’s surroundings untill an equilibrium is reached. Moisture content in bamboo varies according to the properties of surrounding air. Water is held in two ways ,free water which is retained in cell cavities,and bound water which is in cell walls themselves.The moisture content of the clum wall is higher than inner portion compare to outer portion. Bamboo shrinks more than wood.Nodes are very vulnerable during shrinking.It shrinkage 10 to 15% of cross section Tensile strength Tensile strength can be be defined as the resistance offered by an objecting to breaking or splitting under tension.Bamboo and steel are structural materials which is used for construction.The comparative strength of bamboo is higher than steel.Steel had a tensile strength of 23,000 pounds per square inch .Bamboo has a tensile strength of 28,000 pounds per square inch. Bamboo has been used in the construction field for long time ,even before the tensile strength