Big bamboo slot

Practically 70 kilometers from the capital of malawi, lilongwe, big bamboo oyna is the distance that you need to travel to achieve the green island of afrianbam to mckinji.

The gate glides on one side, showing a very long avenue, which disappears at a distance - it is almost as if you were generally a parallel world. And by the way, this alternative world is a very sharp contrast with the regions surrounding this plantation, which have areas awaiting the following vegetation period, rarely interspersed with sporadic single trees and remnants of the last vegetation period. In addition to these features, the fields can be better described as bald in comparison with 12 hectares of the earth, where a thick and high bamboo stand. 

A fresh breeze immediately welcomes you. If he shakes the leaves, the bamboo cracks when they bow to the wind, and the chirping of the birds located on them get up, accordingly, creating their own special atmosphere, still in a sharp contrast with the big bamboo statement, which is abroad. This, of course, is a forest, not a typical forest with all kinds of trees. This is a bamboo forest, a bamboo that withstands almost 5 meters. 

Land cruiser roars on the way, which breaks down the plantation probably halfway, and the grant of blumrick, the managing director of africibam, squeezes it from it. From the 1st minute it is clear that he is passionate about what he was doing here. He is ready to tell about the vision of afrilum about the placement of bamboo as a stable alternative to trees, which need much more time, in order to grow and become used, complete with the fact that bamboo can cultivate in points that do not contribute to trees. 

After a year, the bamboo is able to grow to a diameter of 50 millimeters, 100 millimeters after two, and after about three years, bamboo can grow more than 150 millimeters. 

“Such a really normal alternative for trees. Bamboo is easy to grow and spend little time on ripening in comparison with the trees, ”explains blumrik. > Afristibam’s initiative did not pass without an opposition, as some critics said that bamboo is not suitable for an ecosystem, which actually immediately asserts garbage trash absurd to recall that bamboo is not optimal for the ecosystem. There are birds in the bamboo, goats can eat leaves, and the roots allow the soil to breathe, ”he says, reaching the foliage covering the soil. It stretches through fallen leaves that form a thick carpet on the ground, and digs a handful of soil. The soil is intertwined with roots and looks well aerated. 

“These roots do not go beyond the meter. Thus, the bamboo does not negatively affect the step of the deposits of groundwater. As i already noted, bamboo actually helps in holding soil humidity, ”says blumrik. But this is not a bamboo that is grown in the estate of afriva lizok. Plantation boasts exotic variety. Bloomric is baking about everything that other companies import various types of bamboo from other blocks, claiming that they have the same variety as in lizoka. 

“A mine is a dendrophalamus that i import from the celestial empire. Although the rest import completely different species than other countries on the list of which india, which are not growing as much as it. But unfortunately, they say that this is a variety. I feel that they are cheating on those who expect that bamboo will become as big as i do, because our hackers will not become as large, ”says blumrik. Dragon bamboo. This type of plant is undoubtedly native to southeast asian countries and indonesia. It flourishes in the tropical and even subtropical climate of malawi. In addition to providing water for bamboo nurseries, the dam is also a source of manure, since weeds growing above the surface of the water are collected and turned into manure, which is used on the farm. 

Water from the dam, says blumrick, also allowed small irrigation farmers downstream to develop various crops in winter and summer. Standing on the edge of the dam, you can observe various lush green vegetable fields remotely. In many of these areas, farmers are engaged in irrigation of their crops with water from a stream that flows from the dam dam. 

“Initially, people believed that we prefer to deprive them of water when we created a dam. But now they value that we have done, because the water is now available within a year. In front of this dam, the stream could run out at some point in the year, ”explains blumrick. 

The dusty road extends from the dam and breaks down in various directions when it falls on the plantation. These roads spin and dissect the plantation.But at least it should be emphasized that such a cobblestone is working as firefighters, blumrik says that forest fires are the smallest in that price list of worries. Survival even during the fire, ”he says,“ like in some grass, the bamboo sprouts back. ” The center of the capital, and besides this, in other outstanding retail chains, in the main metropolis of the country and outside it. 

“If you compare it with wood coal, which people perform from the trees, this is more accurate the source of energy. And, given that this is done from a stable source, this is a plus, ”says blumrik. It promotes the preservation of global warming further: 1.5% c and the restoration of forests even faster. According to estimates, on average, one bamboo hectare absorbs about 17 tons of carbon at the time. Report of international online, for bamboo and rotan (inbar), referring to a study that is projected by carbon stored in chinese bamboo forests, increasing from 727 million metric tons in 2010 to 1018 million metric tons in 2050 - or somewhere by 60 percent. Years. Among other things, the report indicates that bamboo makes it possible to reduce the craving for fossil fuel, providing an alternative source of renewable energy. Bamboo can also help protect the environment of wildlife. In addition, it is said that 1.7 billion people around the world rely on biomass, such as wood, as the main source of energy; planting bamboo groves can reduce the craving for and the disposal of the natural forest for fuel. 

, When malawi loses about 33,000 hectares of forest per year for illegal dens, the production of bamboo may be the moment that it should improve its resistance to the sharp effects of climatic conditions and the rapid restoration of degraded land. Recognition of the nature of damage in other cities. Repair initiative (afr100). 

afr100 is efforts in the country to attract 100 million hectares of the world, in africa in recovery by 2030. Malawi signed his obligation to achieve this this year. “The department of forestry understands the need to restore 4,500,000 hectares, respectively, afr100. Within the framework of this software, the department postponed 150,000 hectares of land on bamboo. Windows will be undertaken by all sectors of society, ”he explains. Quickly indicate the need for bamboo to be planted in areas, here it will not put other land use. “We will be useful to take measures that will ensure that bamboo, which is sitting, does not at all put under the blow of other land use, such as growing food crops.” In addition, he warns against the introduction of invasive types of bamboo, which are able to significantly disrupt the benefits made with optimal varieties, such as giant bamboo and dangerous local species. - The guarantee that the gigantic types of bamboo that they promote have passed the necessary load and approval for the installation by the malawi forestry institute, and landing will be on suitable land. Types of dendrocalamus asper bamboo are prosperous in the subtropical climate of malawi. For the impending season of planting trees, it is expected that bamboo seedlings from the institute begin to spread throughout the russian federation as a methodology for ensuring that local residents play a different role in the proceedings from the solutions of difficulties that they had a hand not only to create, but also to aggravate their impact . 

Millions of trees annually plant all over malavi with the hope of restoring degraded earth and the softening of climatic conditions. By the way, not some survive due to uncontrolled forest fires. The introduction of bamboo seedlings this season will certainly positively affect this effort in the near future, in any case. Plus, to traditional wooden funds, the authorities should promote communities for bamboo growth in huge volumes and develop plantations, such as afrivji plantation in mchinji.