WBC-VIII-Vol.4 – Resources – Forestry, Plantations and ... - BambuSC

Bamboo has called the poorperson’s gift to mankind and the quality and availability both caused and effects in
the larger socio-cultural and economic dimensions of a community (Behari, 2006). It has been estimated that the
combined value of international and commercial consumption of bamboo is to the tune of US $ 10 billion in the
world (Borah, et al., 2008). Such a large number of economic impact on results in important resources for local
dwelling people who are easy to approach and use. The over-exploitation of timber also focused research on
bamboo production, cultivation and utilization in recent years (Rao, et al., 2008). Therefore, bamboo is worth
for thinking the way of usage as a large amount of renewable local resources.
Research purpose and method
Bamboo is used in domestic needs for house construction, fuel, fodder, food, tools, religious ceremony, and
previous study already analyze the resource, physical characteristics, utility, market values and propagation
success in Manipur, India (Singh, et al., 2003). It is extremely versatile, strong, renewable and environment
friendly plant species (Nath, et al., 2008). In order to use this useful resource, it would be needed the financial
support of administrative sector and its operation of local people, because the government has the power to tax
the primary products or subsidize a process (Chundamannil, 1990), and it is critical problem for local area to
accept the related policies. In India, the National Bamboo Mission (NBM) provides for resource creation right
from nursery state to high-end value additions and marketing of bamboo products (Gupta, 2008). Mizoram state
also established original bamboo policy in 2002 under the rich in bamboo forest (Bamboo Development Cell,
2004). Moreover, as it is predicted before, the gregarious bamboo flowering occurred and has economic impact
on the people of this state (Lalnunmawia, et al., 2005). Especially, the people who depend on the bamboo
resources will have faced serious problem.
In this paper, the bamboo resource of Mizoram was identified in India through analyzing of bamboo policies and
contents of them. The operational system of policies and administrative organization is also examined to use the
resources fluently even if bamboo flowering would occur.
Bamboo Resources
The grand total of bamboo area was estimated 96,071km 2 and the percentage share of it was 14.2% compared
with forest area (Table 1). As shown in this table, Mizoram was 49.3% relatively larger bamboo area than other
states. These states amounted to 84.5% of bamboo area in India and 4 North East states contain this list. It was
indicated that bamboo resources were unevenly distributed.
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