- It is grown without synthetic pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
- It requires no irrigation after it is established.
- bamboo has the compressive strength of concrete and the tensile strength of steel.
- It reaches its full height in one growing season, at which time it can be harvested for pulp or allowed to grow to maturity over four to eight years
- It rarely needs replanting (70-140 years)
- It grows rapidly, and can be harvested annually after the first 3-5 years.
- It produces 35% more oxygen that an equivalent stand of trees
- human beings have cultivated bamboo for more than a thousand uses, from buildings to food to paper.
- Long-lived bamboo products can also store carbon over time.
- It sequesters carbon dioxide more efficiently than any other plant
- Bamboo rapidly sequesters carbon in biomass and soil
- It is an excellent soil erosion inhibitor
- It grows in a wide range of environments
- It’s production into fibres has lower environmental impact than other forms of fibre, especially synthetic ones.
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