Dear Mr.Jeffree,
 
                                               It was a great pleasure talking
to you.The following points  require further review.
presumption of 70 year rotation.
Presumption of 20%annual productivityfrom thinnings.
 
Except for the South American bamboo no studies are carried out for carbon
sequestration.
Based on its value,we can assume 45% to be the carbon sequestration potential of
other bamboos.
 
Initially it may be better to explore the potential of existing natural bamboo
resources and improve the productivity and claim the funds.
I liked your conversation.
 
Yours sincerely,
a.c.lakshmana.


 
A.C.Lakshmana, I.F.S, (Retd)
Former Secratary to Govt. of Karnataka,
House No 1, 7th main, 1 st cross
Gokulam IIIrd stage
Mysore 570 020
India
Cell : (+91) 98453 22422
 

--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Richard Joynes <rjoynes@...> wrote:

From: Richard Joynes <rjoynes@...>
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Bamboo and Wood
To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 3:09 AM






Good luck Jeff! (and Happy New Year)

Some of us have been looking for these studies for years.

Richard

At 03:55 PM 1/2/2009, you wrote:

>Dear Bamboo Friends:
> We at Bamboo Technologies are looking for scientific
>studies that document or address the benefits of bamboo.
> We are currently negotiating with a Clean Development
>Mechanism for funding to develop a bamboo nursery, a bamboo
>plantation, and a bamboo farmers' cooperative. Our potential
>investors have asked for a comparison between bamboo and trees. We
>want to compare the biomass and carbon sequestration of bamboo forests
>to tree forests, in particular clumping (sympodial) bamboos to
>tropical tree forests. But any comparisons will be helpful at this
>point.
> We are also trying to determine how to calculate the
>total biomass of bamboo that can be harvested over the 70 year life
>cycle of a bamboo crop. According to INBAR, 20% can be harvest per
>year. Multiple 20% of the biomass/hectare times 62 years of harvests
>plus the final harvest and this would be the total biomass harvested.
>Is this correct? Are there any studies that show how to calculate the
>total biomass harvested over 70 years?
> We are also looking for any studies that address the
>benefits to the local farmers and villages. And we are looking for
>studies that demonstrate bamboo's ability to restore degraded land and
>purify the ground water.
> Please let us know of any studies that address these
>issues. If you can let us know where we can find these studies that
>would be even better. And the best of all would be if you can email or
>fax a copy of the study to us at: jeffree@bambootechn ologies.com or
>fax to 808-573-4855.
>Happy New Year
>~Jeffree~
>
>"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
>
>Jeffree Trudeau~
>Founder~Chairman of the Board~
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>Bamboo Living Homes and Resorts
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