Bamboo is platform for green industry, says PBFI prexy

By Mary May A. Abellon

DIPOLOG CITY, June 3 (PIA) Bamboo is a plato!m o! "!een in#ust!$ an#
%an be use# in t&e !e&abilitation o! !eo!estation o mine# an# #enu#e#
a!eas,' P&ilippine Bamboo (oun#ation, In%) (PB(I) P!esi#ent *#"a!#o +an#a
sai# #u!in" &is ,isit in Dipolo" last -ee. o! t&e /e"o0Tou! 1234)
+an#a, o!me! "ene!al mana"e! o t&e La"una La.e De,elopment Aut&o!it$
(LLDA), sees t&e potential o bamboo in#ust!$ in t&e %ount!$, as it %an
%ompete "loball$)
5e sai# t&at bamboo p!ote%ts t&e en,i!onment, it !e#u%es soil e!osion b$ 67
pe!%ent an# lessens ai! pollution, as it se8ueste!s 422 pe!%ent mo!e %a!bon
#io9i#e (CO1) an# "ene!ates up to 37 pe!%ent mo!e o9$"en t&an t&e t!ees)
Bamboo %an be use# in ma.in" pape!, %lot&in"s, s.ateboa!#, bi%$%le,
%u!tains, mats, b!oom, biouel, be,e!a"es, la,one p!o#u%ts, oo#, me#i%ine
an# man$ mo!e)
A%%o!#in" to +an#a, t&e!e is also an inno,ati,e in,ention o bamboo bee!
#is%o,e!e# b$ :in%ent C!u; :illanis, t&e i!st (ilipino0Cana#ian li%ense#
b!e-e! in /o!t& Ame!i%a)
5e a##e#, t&at bamboo also a##s "!a%e to a!%&ite%tu!e an# inte!io! #esi"n
li.e in t&e inte!national ai!po!t o <pain)
+o!eo,e!, +an#a e9plaine# t&at bamboo %an also be p!o%esse# to be%ome
-oo# substitute t&at &e lea!ne# #u!in" &is stu#$ tou! in C&ina)
Bamboo -ill un#e!" loo! boa!# p!o%essin", sta!tin" -it& splittin", t!immin",
so!tin", "lue appli%ation, &ot p!ess, #ouble e#"e %uttin", moul#in", planin",
%oatin" to =: #!$in")
+an#a too. t&e initiati,e o p!omotin" t&e bamboo in#ust!$, as &e o!"ani;e#
a %ompetition o! s%ulptu!ists to %a!,e on bamboo instea# o -oo# to %!eate
a maste!pie%e)
T&is is a -a$ to en%ou!a"e t&em to use ou! ,e!$ o-n bamboo an# to "i,e
t&em an alte!nati,e me#ium instea# o -oo# -&i%& be%omes s%a!%e,' +an#a
st!esse#) ((PG>+AA>PIA0?amboan"a #el /o!te)