Bamboo Plantations to Augment Pulp Production

由于作为纸浆工业的原材料 ,因此竹子在非木质林产品中占有重要的位置。然而 ,过量采伐和人口增长 ,热带林的破坏以及工业原料的新需求 ,尤其是纸浆工业 ,导致竹子资源大量减少 ,目前面临锐减的形势。国家农业委员会发表的数字表明 ,1980和 2 0 0 0年的需求与产出为 4 2 5 .0万t和 875 .0万t,需求与供给之间出现增长的差距。可以看出 ,只有通过人工林增长的方法和有效地利用现有的资源才能达到可持续性。

Bamboo holds an important position among non-wood forest products mainly because of its value as a raw material for the paper industry. And yet, over exploitation associated with growing human population, destruction tropical forests and new demands on the resource for Industrial uses, especially by the pulp and paper industry, has resulted in wide-scale decimation of bamboo stocks, now we are left with the current situation of acute scarcity. The report on the National Commission on Agriculture brought out some figures about the current demand and output of the projected bamboo requirements for 1980 (4.250 million tonne) and 2000 (8.750 million tonne) and recommended the measures required to bridge the increasing gap between demand and supply (Shanmughavel, 1995). It was recognized that the availability of bamboo can only be sustained by raising elaborate bamboo plantation, and also to use the existing bamboo resources judiciously and efficiently.