Bamboo is quite common to people who grow up in Taiwan. People born before 1980 often have the impression of using bamboo utensils and living in areas related to bamboo. In societies with an inherent bamboo culture, bamboo was once inseparable from agricultural life. It could be used to build houses, make furniture, and weave utensils. The bamboo groves themselves also had functions such as windbreak, protection, and production of bamboo shoots. But sometimes because of this, bamboo carries the impression of "poor people". Bamboo is easier to obtain than wood, but sometimes it is not as strong, durable, or beautiful as good-quality wood. Traditionally, wealthy families would mostly choose wood to build their halls.
However, for people living in Europe and America, bamboo is a special, even novel plant with an oriental flavor (although South America also has bamboo culture). For example, during the Age of Discovery and the Ming and Qing dynasties, imitation bamboo furniture was sold. to Europe; Over the past 20 years, bamboo has been highly anticipated as a "renewable biological resource" due to its rapid growth. Bamboo has the potential to replace some raw materials such as wood, wood fiber, plastic, and steel, allowing people to use more An environmentally friendly choice.
The various products and services provided by bamboo forests that promote human well-being are called bamboo forest ecosystem services. For example, food supply, raw materials for households and industry; sequestering carbon; helping to restore degraded forest land; and preventing soil and sediment loss. Bamboo is not a newly discovered material, but when we look at and use bamboo from a new perspective, we still have a lot of innovative technologies to invent new things, and we can use new thinking to build a sustainable industry!
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