Sustainable Management and Utilization from Bamboo : Final Technical Report Thailand | 29/03/2024

Final Technical Report
Project : PD 56/99 Rev.1(I) : Promotion of the Utilization of Bamboo from Sustainable Sources in Thailand

by Royal Forest Department and International Tropical Timber Organization

With the support of the International Tropical Timber Organization (!'ITO) Project PD 56/99 Rev l(I), Thailand conducted the research work on sustainable management and utilization of bamboo. Five economic bamboo, i.e., Pai See Suk (Bambusa blumeana J.A. & J.H. Schultes), Pai Liang (Bambusa sp.}, Pai Tong (Dendrocalamus asper Backer ex Heyne), Pai Sang (Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees), and Pai Rai (Gigantachloa albociliata (Munro) Kurz.) were selected and planted for demonstration, as well as for the studies on sustainable management and utilization. The Project activities included also the study on relevant and useful information along with the other objectives: charcoal making, natural dyeing and bamboo shoot processing.

The training on Bamboo Furniture Parts and Handicrafts, Charcoal Production was organized for the people of community forest in Chiangmai, Nakom Rachsima and Karnjanaburi provinces. The pilot cottage industry on bamboo furniture parts and handicrafts was set up in Mae-Mae community forest, Chiangmai province together with the establishment of Women Association and Bamboo Cooperatives. Women's participation in Mae-Mae community forest was used as a case study for developing the additional income for the rnra1 people.

The research work aims to produce the necessary information on cultivation and sustainable management of bamboo, protection, properties, dyeing, shoot processing, charcoal techniques, bamboo flooring, and bamboo cement-bonded board, as well as women's participation. The research results presented in this report as well as in the internal.