Abstract
Bamboo has age-old connections with the basic needs of the people in several regions of the world. In some countries every village and often every household has its own bamboo clumps for supplying bamboo for their needs (Fig. 1). Most bamboo however grows in forests and bamboo plantations that are now common in many countries.
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George, J. (1985). Preservative treatment of bamboo, rubber wood and coconut palm. Simple methods for treating building timbers. In: Findlay, W.P.K. (eds) Preservation of timber in the tropics. Forestry Sciences, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2752-5_11
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