Bamboo in Orissa: Trade and Livelihood Perspective - Vasundhara

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All rights reserved by VASUNDHARA(www.vasundharaorissa.org). For any clarification, contact author at sunlit1968@yahoo.co.in 1. J.K.Paper Ltd.: Annexure-7 Production of bamboo by the RMPs in 2005 • IB: Salia:2798406 bundles; Daba: 65389 bundles • CB: Salia 209851 pieces; Daba:38 pieces Mandays generated: 579060 2. Ballarpur Industries: • IB: Salia: 1560273 full bundles and 29586 half bundles; Daba: 82225 full bundles • CB: 45854 pieces Mandays generated: 211379 (Source: OFDC) 93
All rights reserved by VASUNDHARA(www.vasundharaorissa.org). For any clarification, contact author at sunlit1968@yahoo.co.in A Supplement on Cane Cane 41 (Calamus tenius), otherwise known as rattan, was the only raw material which many bamboo artisans used to process in addition to bamboo. Cane products are comparatively much more durable and sophisticated than bamboo products, and are hence costlier and considered as either luxury items(like furniture) or sacred(like the mana). The recorded production of cane in 1999-2000 was 1399 pieces valued at 0.003 lakh rupees(i.e., Rs.3000), as estimated by the Statistical Section of the Office of the PCCF, Orissa. This however does not seem to have included production from private lands. Cane was not a specified forest produce in the state as per the Forest Produce(Control and Trade) Act,1981. It was leased out by the Forest Department. In March 2000, the govt placed cane under the category of lease-barred items which can be commercially harvested by govt agencies(like Forest Department, Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation, etc.) only provided that sustainability is ensured. This is probably because of the fact that wild occurrence of cane in the govt forests has become very limited either due to unsustainable exploitation, or the super cyclone of 1999. As per an assessment of 1999, the potentiality of cane in the state was as under: Forest Division Potentiality in numbers Athagarh 76800 Dhenkanal 20000 Balliguda 15000 Ghumsur South 33280 Nayagarh 39680 Puri 62000 Parlakhemundi 800 bundles() (Courtesy: Statistical Section, PCCF’s Office) In isolated areas like the Konark-Balukhand sanctuary, cane is reportedly abundant; but there is a ban on its collection (like other NTFPs and timber) from the Protected Areas, and outside PAs, leases for commercial exploitation are not to be normally allowed in the govt forests. The above table indicates a potentiality of more or less 3 lakh pieces. In 1989-90, the recorded production of cane was 3024000(Statistical Branch: PCCF’s Office, Orissa Forests 1993), i.e., about 10 times of this presumed potentiality. Between 1992-93 and 1994-95, the average annual production was 118847 pieces(Orissa Forest 1999, p.32). However, by 1999-2000, it was reduced by more than 99%(as compared to the production of 1989-90). 41 When used to imply to a species/plant, as here, cane is the source of the raw material. On the other hand, often the term is used to refer to the thin strips extracted from bamboo-, rattan- or other such culms/stems. 94
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