assessing the climate mitigation potential of managing bamboo resources in china and beyond

Assessing the Climate Mitigation Potential of Managing Bamboo Resources in China and Beyond

Prof. Dr. Shirong Liu

International Center for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR)

Academy of Bioresources Utilization, State Forestry Administration, PRC

2015 UNFCCC, Paris, France

Key Lab for Bamboo and Rattan Sci §Tech

1. Characteristics of Bamboo Forests

2. Bamboo for Climate Mitigation

3. China’s Bamboo Industry

4. China’ Experience Sharing

5. Trilateral Cooperation Perspective

Outline


The most important NTFPs, and the most fast-growing plant species,

which can be harvested sustainably with 3~5 yr. rotation once planted

Provide multiple ecosystem services including provisioning (food,

housing, and daily necessities), regulating (soil and water conservation,

C sequestration), and cultural function and value

Characteristics of Bamboo forests


The booming global market for Bamboo based products

offers a range of opportunities for rural development, poverty

alleviation and alternative biomass resource for replacing

timber supply from natural forests



There are more than 1,250 species in 75 genera globally, with a wide

distribution in tropical and subtropical zones A total area of 31.47 million ha, accounting for 0.78% of total forest

area (4.03 billion ha , FAO 2010) In China, 540 species in 39 genera, 6 million ha (2.8% of the total

forest area and 20% of global bamboo forests)

Bamboo resource and Spatial distribution



Potential roles in mitigating climate change

Bamboo is fast carbon sequestration species (5.1C t/yr. by moso

bamboo), and carbon stock in China’s bamboo forest is estimated

727 million ton in 2010 and 1.02 billion ton by 2050 Carbon sink of bamboo is continuously increasing because

bamboo area is expending annually by 3%


Potential roles in mitigating climate change

Substitute of high-emission materials, excellent for landscape

restoration (3 million ha since 1980s), and reduced emissions

from land use change and avoided deforestation C storage in Bamboo-based products including the composites

Bamboo mat panels

Bamboo plastics composites Bamboo laminated lumber

Bamboo scrimbers

Landscape restoration

Bamboo forestry

Life cycle of Life cycle of bamboo productsbamboo products

Bamboo culms

Processing

Boards

BeamComponents

Bamboo house

Furniture and decorat ion

Recycle use

Bamboo wastes

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Bamboo industry in China


Bamboo shoots

Bamboo products: 10 categories with more than thousands of different kinds of products


Bamboo floorings


Bamboo pulping and paper


Bamboo daily necessities and bamboo handicrafts


Bamboo furniture


Bamboo fiber textiles


Bamboo charcoals


Bamboo vinegar


Bamboo extracts

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Bamboo used as the shells of electronic products


Bamboo concrete forming templates in construction

Key Lab for Bamboo and Rattan Sci §TechBamboo floorings in the Clinton’s Library

Key Lab for Bamboo and Rattan Sci §TechFire-retardant bamboo strip ceilings in Madrid Intel Airport, Spain


Container decking Bamboo decorative veneers in BMWcars

Bamboo houses Bamboo houses


In 2014, the output value of China’s bamboo industry reached 30 billion USD; Over 7.75 million people involved in bamboo industry, of which 7.14 million

in the first industry, 0.53 million in the second one.

The production value of bamboo industry from 1990 to 2013 in China (billion US$)

Bamboo industry in China


Bamboo forest area in China from 1973-2013

The area of pure bamboo forest in China increased from 3.04 million to 6.01 million ha from 1976-2013;

The annual increase in bamboo forest area is 106,000 ha (3%) since 2000, almost two times of the previous period of 1973-1998.


China’s experience sharing Forest land tenure reform, favorable policies including soft loan and

petty loan , subsidies, taxation reduction for generating incentives for farmers to planting bamboo

Offer trainings of bamboo cultivation and product processing for bamboo farmers

Formulating national strategy for bamboo resource and industry development as one of the tenth priority industries in forestry sector in China


Establishing China Bamboo Industry Association in November 1993 Establishing National Technical Committee of Standardization for

Bamboo and Rattan in 2004

China’s experience sharing


Increasing government investment in bamboo related R & D with annual funding of 15.8 million USD

Over 50 national and provincial universities and institutions, and over 2,000 scientists engage in bamboo research;

Over the past 10 years, China has developed about 450 bamboo products and patent technologies, and over 250 scientific innovation



Model I: “Leading enterprises + rural households”The leading enterprises are directly connected with the local bamboo

farmers based on “shared risks and benefits”. This model can directly benefit local farmers, absorb surplus rural labor and facilitate the scale development of bamboo planting bases and industries.

Bamboo floorings plant

Farmers produce bamboo strips for floorings production



Model II: “Bamboo enterprises + specialized cooperatives + bamboo farmers”

The specialized cooperatives communicate with bamboo companies on behalf of the farmers and serve as a bridge between the companies and rural households.

Bamboo farmers meeting Specialized cooperatives



Model III: “Specialized markets + rural households”

Specialized bamboo product market is designed deliberately for

facilitating the development of bamboo industry and trading. The

market provides users or consumers with direct contact and trading,

and with the feedback for direct response to market demands.



Anji county, Huzhou city, Zhenjiang province;

Bamboo area: 72,000 hm2

Output value: 2.14 billion USD;

Annual income from bamboo was 1111 USD, accounting for 50% of total income of the local farmers.

Bamboo floorings plant



Lin’an city, Zhenjiang province Bamboo forestry area: 67,000 ha Output value: 0.48 billion USD Bamboo shoots industry alone

generates an average annual income of 679 USD for the local bamboo farmers.

Bamboo shoots plant



Trilateral cooperation perspective

China (ICBR, MOFMOC) supports CFC projects, domestic projects, and GABAR led by INBAR, which provide a vast new array of data and knowledge on bamboo species across many countries

Offering training and workshops for Asian, African and Latin American countries since the 1990s, benefiting over 1,500 trainees from nearly 100 countries in the world


ICBR has exported bamboo shoots making, processing and marketing technologies to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for building their own industrial capacity ;

ICBR exported pre-fabricated bamboo houses building technologies to Ethiopia and Nepal for building their own bamboo plywood and bamboo laminated lumber factories and developing bamboo panels industry suited to their national conditions;

Bamboo shoot production line in Sri Lanka Bamboo shoot production line in Bangladesh

Trilateral cooperation perspective


Final Remarks Bamboo provides an effective means for developing rural economy,

eradicating poverty while ameliorating environment including climate change mitigation and adaptation

China can provide great expertise and updated technologies in bamboo sector development for other developing countries, which can be complemented by Global North’s expertise in trade and market access

Global market for bamboo products is growing under green economy but mainly in the global north. Such partnerships will also offer opportunities from Chinese companies to invest outwards and expand their operations.


Thank you ！

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