Bamboo could prove to be more important than a food supply for giant pandas. It's widely considered to be the world's fastest-growing woody plant and therefore could become a key component in helping to lift thousands of people in the developing world out of poverty. According to the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), as many as 1.5 billion people around the globe currently "depend in some way on bamboo and rattan". Several organizations are now investigating on how growing bamboo in economically deprived areas can increase the income of the residents, small-scale farmers in particular. View this interesting CNN report for more..
Thanks to FranklyGreen.com for alerting us !!
Bamboo certainly could help to save the planet considering it sequesters more CO2 from the atmosphere than any other plant. To do my part, I have 19 varieties growing in my yard...how many do yo have?
Posted by: Scott | October 08, 2009 at 08:58 AM