[Music] bamboo the industry of the future now [Music] more than 40 native bamboo species in Ecuador have been accompanying and with a starving role the development of human settlements and civilizations in our territory since ancient times in rural areas the largest Native type of bamboo wua is extremely important in many daily activities housing fences walls cages tools and so on bamboo has also a key role in agricultural activities such as standing poles for tomato Pepper or passion fruit plants supporting pools for banana and cacao trees among others present in all provinces bamboo is decisive in
the development of the economy of rural families a recent study showed that the demand for bamboo is greater than the offer Ecuador has several dendrocalamus asper plantations also known as giant bamboo its stems grow more than 30 m high at a fast growth rate and it provides optimal physical properties for its use in construction in the making of planks panels boards and much more when technically managed bamboo plantations can revert the soil degradation of overused areas restoring the Landscapes and adding many social environmental and economic [Applause] [Applause] benefits in only 2 years new bamboo plantations
can RT soil erosion by up to 70% communities organized in associations have proven to Be an Effective formula to transform the land and the available labor force into true business opportunities through technical management of bamboo plantations [Music] whether for the preparation and sell of bamboo supporting poles which are highly required in [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] agriculture or for the selection cutting and processing of bangu for export this is another Community experience that has developed unique processing methods based upon local resources resulting in products with added value it is estimated that the responsible development of a
bamboo industry in the region can generate about 10,000 places of employment in the next 10 years [Music] [Applause] in response to the need to find alternatives to Timber in the midst of our reality with deforestation and indiscriminate logging the government of the province of pichincha through the Center for Learning and Technology transfer SBA has developed a scheme of transformation of the material using giant bamboo slats [Music] this technical process achieved impressive results in the form of planks beams boards and more investment in public infrastructure built with bamboo is particularly important and coherent because it directly
benefits local producers while adding aesthetic values and identity [Music] bamboo Advanced design and construction techniques and the combination with other materials in order to achieve naturally fresh buildings in areas of high temperatures resistant to strong rainy Seasons en able to confront plots and other climate related problems both for community and private initiatives [Applause] [Applause] with more than 200,000 homes delivered in the more than 44 years in office ogard kisto an organization specialized in serial production of emergency housing made of wood and bamboo has transformed the life of thousands of people living in highly vulnerable conditions
in recent years a process has begun towards the implementation of permanent housing the bamboo Documentation Center the result of a collaboration between the Catholic University of wakil and the international Network for bamboo and ratang inar holds a large number of Publications on bamboo obtained first hand from architect Jor morang the university through its research facility has developed unique bamboo planks and boards to use in construction the personality the warmth of bamboo as well as its structural properties for construction are wisely used by many tourism initiatives [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] a bamboo theme park
in the Amazon an advanced sample of the possibilities the material has to offer it's Beauty and the great diversity it represents [Music] bamboo in skilled hands turns from a raw material into powerful heartful and artistic forms of expression [Music] impressive the world's largest bamboo sculptures thousands of small pieces artworks of an equadorian young peasant [Music] strand woven bamboo [Music] Furniture [Music] Design high-end [Music] furniture acoustic and elri El tric [Music] guitars transformation of andian bamboo [Music] beer with [Music] bamboo high-end design [Music] boards and engineered [Music] flooring for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] soana [Music] foree
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