The giant grass, with a clump diameter of five to seven metres and a pole diameter that can exceed 30cm, grows one meter per day and reaches a height of 45 metres. Planted on the hillsides that have little agricultural value, the bamboo plantations offer protection against landslides and restore degraded land.
As a result, each bamboo clump can hold 5,000 litres of water over a nine-month period, improving the forest’s water retention by 35% and the soil’s health.ĭuring the dry season, it releases this water into the surrounding soil and thereby watering the other vegetation. The roots of bamboo can stretch 1.5 metres underground. “Bamboo is a magical plant that keeps everything alive.” Stuart Beavis, Regional Lead DFCD Asia. The project has been put forward by the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands, which manages together with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation the DFCD’s Origination Facility to develop new projects for the investment fund. With the DFCD grant, PT Bamboo Lestari can hire the right technical expertise and follow training in project management to prepare for the construction of the factories. This ensures that the bamboo undergoes preservation as quickly as possible to guarantee the highest quality. Zeist, the Netherlands – The Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) has approved a €350,000 grant for PT Indobamboo Lestari to hire the technical support needed to set up a factory to manufacture bamboo products on the Island of Flores in Indonesia.Īs part of the project, it will also build up to four village factories to pre-process bamboo poles before they are transported to the central factory.
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