{"id":4047,"date":"2022-11-25T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/?page_id=4047"},"modified":"2023-01-29T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T04:05:31","slug":"environmental-stories-bamboo-nation-threatened-forests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/environmental-stories-bamboo-nation-threatened-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamboo Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4047\" class=\"elementor elementor-4047\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"jarallax lazyload elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe7d07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-jarallax=\"\" data-speed=\"0.75\" data-type=\"scroll\" data-parallax=\"scroll\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\" data-image-src=\"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/China-Bamboo-Nation-01.jpg\" data-id=\"fe7d07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-bg-image=\"url(&quot;https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/China-Bamboo-Nation-01.jpg&quot;)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14e5211b\" data-id=\"14e5211b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7079ba23 section-align-center section-size-large subtitle-style-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-section-heading\" data-id=\"7079ba23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"section-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-heading headingstyle-subtitle\"><h5 class=\"entry-sub-title section-sub-title\">BAMBOO NATION<\/h5><div class=\"section-title-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"entry-title section-title\"><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"section-button\"><a  href=\"#\"><div class=\"mtheme-button\">CHINA, 2011<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-765a40da elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"765a40da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b8ca242\" data-id=\"4b8ca242\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-607aa7bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"607aa7bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-testimonial-wrapper{overflow:hidden;text-align:center}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-content{font-size:1.3em;margin-bottom:20px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-name{line-height:1.5;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-job{font-size:.85em;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta{width:100%;line-height:1}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta-inner{display:inline-block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image img{width:60px;height:60px;border-radius:50%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;max-width:none}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-image{padding-inline-end:15px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-details{text-align:start}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{margin-bottom:20px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">The sound is deafening as metal strikes metal, battering my eardrums. Wood chips whizz past my head and the temperature seems to be rising in this small and dusty workshop. Amid the haze of sawdust, which seems to be enveloping everyone in the room, a team of workers stands over a series of archaic machines.\n\n\u201cBusiness is getting better and better each year,\u201d explains Kuai Liangyou, taking a moment of temporary silence as an opportunity to talk. \u201cWe get through nearly 800 bamboo trees a day. That\u2019s about 20 tons. The demand is very big. In the peak season, we cannot meet the demand.\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-202ed82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"202ed82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f7959d\" data-id=\"8f7959d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396774b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"396774b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Kuai is the manager of a relatively small but highly productive bamboo factory in Changning County, in southern Sichuan. This basic but efficient production line churns out a constant stream of refined bamboo, either being made into furniture or being split into new sets of disposable chopsticks. The factory is one of hundreds in the region that are trying to satisfy the appetite of the Chinese market for this new in-demand resource.<\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cSichuan is one of the most densely populated regions in the country,\u201d explains Li Yanxia, Sichuan program officer for the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). \u201cThe rapid growth in demand for bamboo resources over the last two decades has caused excessive exploitation of forest resources in the province. This has resulted in serious disturbance and destruction of the biodiversity of ecosystems in natural bamboo forests.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p>In 1998, China introduced a widespread logging ban in the southwest of China, severely restricting the amount of timber cut in the region. As timber is increasingly felled in other countries to meet China\u2019s demand, domestically, attention has swiftly switched to bamboo. It\u2019s an incredibly versatile type of wood that can be made into not only chopsticks and furniture, but can also be used in construction and consumed as food. The logging ban has not been applied to bamboo, resulting in a sharp rise in demand for bamboo products.<br \/>China produces 57 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, which requires over 1.18 million square meters of forest, according to the Forest Ministry\u2019s statistics from 2004 to 2009.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8d19c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8d19c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1ebfee\" data-id=\"d1ebfee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8480fa1 carousel-arrow-shape-circle carousel-dots-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-slideshow-carousel\" data-id=\"8480fa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slideshow-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gridblock-owlcarousel-wrap clearfix\"><div id=\"4047-662b3eaac09b2\" class=\"owl-carousel owl-slideshow-element owl-carousel-detect owl-carousel-type-slideshow\" data-autoplaytimeout=\"5000\" data-smartspeed=\"1000\" data-id=\"4047-662b3eaac09b2\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-lazyload=\"false\" data-type=\"slideshow\"><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/China-Bamboo-Nation-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"owl-slide-image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1980px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1980\/1320;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/China-Bamboo-Nation-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><div class=\"gridblock-slideshow-element\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/China-Bamboo-Nation-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"owl-slide-image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1980px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1980\/1320;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/China-Bamboo-Nation-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"owl-slide-image\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f42e12e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f42e12e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f15a946\" data-id=\"f15a946\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac54f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bac54f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The UN\u2019s Food and Agricultural Organization reports that \u201cthe Chinese bamboo industry created a value of $5.5 billion in 2004. The bamboo-based GDP grew by 120 percent from 2000 to 2004, while export earnings reached $600 million, a 20 percent increase.\u201d Bamboo removal in China has grown from 260 million tons in 1990 to 1.2 billion tons in 2005. As population rises and economic development continues at a breathtaking pace, heavier pressures are being placed on the forests, continuing this trend of consumption.<\/p><p>\u201cDemand is bigger than supply,\u201d says Li Yugang, the head of Jiulong village, a typical rural hamlet in southern Sichuan which is encircled by bamboo forests. He seems optimistic about the newfound potential of bamboo to bring income to his community. \u201cThe first policy was 12 years ago, which said, if you grow bamboo, the government will give you more money. Now, bamboo is 70-80 percent of income in the area. The government has encouraged local people to \u2018do better\u2019, to plant more bamboo in the same area.\u201d<\/p><p>This encouragement from the authorities, coupled with the obvious financial gains from planting and harvesting bamboo, has led to widespread over-harvesting and intensive monoculture plantations in many parts of southwest China in recent years. Unbeknownst to many locals, this has resulted in serious negative effects on local ecosystems, worrying environmental and scientific observers.<\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cDuring the past 15-20 years, a vast area of natural bamboo forests in many counties in the province has been turned into monoculture forests,\u201d says Li of IBAR. \u201cThere is an urgent need to demonstrate long-term technical and policy strategies to halt and restore the degraded biodiversity and the natural productivity of the damaged forests. The trends of monoculture forests leads to biodiversity loss and ecosystem service decrease. Local communities believe that monocultures can bring more income. To change this strong belief is the main challenge.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p>As demand continues to rise, the future seems decidedly uncertain for the bamboo forests of southwest China. This iconic symbol of China, a recurring feature throughout Chinese art, writing and history, is unwittingly involved in a new and impending ecological crisis that is silently gripping this region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab1eb3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab1eb3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63ecb3c\" data-id=\"63ecb3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b5b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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