Restoring landscape with bamboo

In contrast to natural forests, bamboo forests have the highest capability for ground water recharging.

The damage humanity has inflicted on the planet is accelerating, with about 40 percent of the land surface having been degraded, as disclosed by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in the Global Land Outlook 2 . About 3.2 billion people worldwide are threatened with regard to their livelihood, well-being, access to food, water, energy and security by the degradation of forests, agricultural land and rangelands. Against this backdrop, the UN report also reveals a vision of potential landscape restoration on about 5 billion hectares by 2050 that brings in various benefits such as a 5 to 10 percent increase in crop yields in the developing nations, the ability to store 17 gigatonnes of carbon more than unrestored land could in 2015, and a slowed decline in biodiversity and natural areas.