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2.4 Bamboo and Rattan <strong>Resource</strong>s<br />

Bamboo <strong>Resource</strong>s<br />

17 genera & 96 recorded bamboo species<br />

Pure Bamboo Stands in Rakhine State<br />

•Kayin-wa(Melocanna bambusoides) 8, 000 km 2<br />

• Estimated growing stock<br />

Pure Bamboo Stands in Tanintharyi Division<br />

• Area 1,873 km 2<br />

• Estimated growing stock<br />

21.34 million metric tons<br />

( 830, 000 metric tons <strong>of</strong> pulp annually)<br />

6.09 million metric tons<br />

( 247, 904 metric tons <strong>of</strong> pulp annually)<br />

Stocking <strong>of</strong> Bamboos growing mixed with tree species<br />

• Estimated growing stock<br />

1.66 metric tons/ha to 8.71 metric tons/ha<br />

Rattan <strong>Resource</strong>s<br />

36 rattan species

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