can the bamboo save dom rep.?

donmobay · #1 02-08-2009, 10:10 PM

i do think it can. massive planting projects with students and dept of agric. teaching and learning... erosion control. i havent seen the mountain eroding where the bamboo is planted. can bamboo be sold as an export?? yes... =jobs can furniture be made out of it yes = jobs and exports...the d.r. taxes imports and exports... more $$$ taxes...construction and building ... yes very popular in other parts of the world... houses built faster and cheaper. jobs taxes skills... putting some empty wharehouses to work... making furniture.. oh people lov bamboo furniture.... planting bamboo is good for all... good for greenhouse gas exchange $$$ program. building, erosion, farming teaching factories. i have seen wood houses here that are very old... no need for concrete boxes..

frank recktenwald · #2 02-09-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by donmobay

i do think it can. massive planting projects with students and dept of agric. teaching and learning... erosion control. i havent seen the mountain eroding where the bamboo is planted. can bamboo be sold as an export?? yes... =jobs can furniture be made out of it yes = jobs and exports...the d.r. taxes imports and exports... more $$$ taxes...construction and building ... yes very popular in other parts of the world... houses built faster and cheaper. jobs taxes skills... putting some empty wharehouses to work... making furniture.. oh people lov bamboo furniture.... planting bamboo is good for all... good for greenhouse gas exchange $$$ program. building, erosion, farming teaching factories. i have seen wood houses here that are very old... no need for concrete boxes..

From what I've been told is, and I'm no expert, that the bamboo growing in this part of the world doesn't have the quality that the bamboo has from the Far-East therefore as a commercial product it's not suited.

Texas Bill · #3 02-09-2009, 01:19 PM

The main Bamboo product I have seen hereis the one that is used to hold bottlesof Presidente Beer to keep it cold.
Howsomeever, such a product would sure go over great in the Stateside Bars and Lounges, one introduced.
Some investor should look into that for an export item while growing theirown bamboo for asustainable supply.

Texas Bill

pedrochemical · #4 02-09-2009, 01:32 PM

The Taiwanese grow Bamboo and have a furniture factory right here in Haiti.
They make bamboo furniture export work just fine.
In fact it is just down the road from "Morne Bamboo" - or Bamboo mountain as it has been known since anyone can remember.
I thought it grew here anyways - I wondered about whether it was an indigenous or imported tree/grass.

Jon S. · #5 03-03-2009, 05:27 PM

There are different types of bamboo, but my understanding is that the one from Central America and the Caribbean is of inferior quality than the one grown in S.E. Asia. My concern is that even though it's a grass, is that it might constitute monoculture of one species. Keith, give me a hand here, will ya??

Keith R · #6 03-03-2009, 05:29 PM

I'm not an expert on bamboo, Jon, but I can check into it. I know a couple of my neighbors here in Virginia have one variety in their yards that grows tall and in thick groves, and makes a great natural noise barrier. But beyond that.... well, I'll read up on it.

BushBaby · #7 03-03-2009, 05:48 PM

Bamboo is a MUST for the DR - Just think of all the yolas you could build with it!! You could also then build sides & partial roof to the yolas so as to protect the 'passengers' from the intense heat of the sun whilst making the crossing!!

~ Grahame.

Jon S. · #8 03-03-2009, 05:55 PM

Haha!! Nice to see that your sense of humor is still intact, Grahame.

donmobay · #9 03-07-2009, 09:29 PM

the bamboo or wood was huge in jamaica. It is a very cheap alternative to board lumber. Is it going to last forever? Not in this place. Good for bisness, yes if you know what i mean...They have bamboo avenue... a huge ancient growth on both sides of the highway. the stalks fall together and the noise is wonderful. a tourist attraction. People like eco tourism.. See how and where it grows, etc,.
I stayed in a bamboo shack on the beach in Negril.. Years ago but the room was cheap. Low crime. no closets ,just nails. It was erected in two or three days at minimal cost. It provided alot of income to the owners.
In fact when they moved , i lit the match... Bigest fire ive been a witness to.
Thailand ....lots of bamboo lots of industry. wHAT a good idea. Could you imagine sosua full of latin chicks looking for guys with bamboo$$$. Guys with the big bamm boo$$$ ...they wood find a place to put it..
It wood go full circle...Put it in take it out...
Im not finished with my putting , now im waiting for the taking out part.. Think ill use my big wood for a city construction bisness... Build my own scaffolding right from my own plantings. or else sell it to furniture makers.

Tamborista · #10 03-07-2009, 09:32 PM

Thanks for the business idea Bamboo Bernie!
Stop by for a discount.

bamboorista