Ang kawayan kono might save the Philippines

Ang main column headline sa The Freeman, giulohan, ‘The bamboo industry might save the Philippines,’ ug dunay secondary ug supplementary headline, ‘This Toilet Paper Might Save the World.’  Medyo kataw-anan, apan akong tan-aw, dunay unod, dunay pagka-realistic ug pagka-sensible, inigbasa nimo sa kinatibuk-ang sugilon ug account sa text.

Imagine, alang kanatong mga senior citizens, kinsa gud ang magdahom nga ang kawayan, maka-save diay sa Pilipinas, ang toilet paper makasalbar sa kalibutan.  Actually, akong sabot, mao nga dili gayud, literally, nga ang toilet paper maka-save sa kalibtutan, kundili ang paggamit sa kawayan as a manufacturing material for its production. 

Anyway, atong kutluon si Henry J. Schumacher sa iyang column sa The Freeman: “Every 24 hours, 27,000 trees are cut down … just to make toilet tissues. Sa ato pa, imbis mag-tree planting, mag-tree-cutting na hinuon tungod ug alang lamang sa toilet paper. Na-aware ba kaha ang atong gobyerno niini? Hinuon, aduna kunoy gimugna nga 3-ply tissues made from bamboo, nga matud ni Henry, “It feels just like regular high-end toilet paper, but doesn’t harm trees.” Sa ato pa, dili na mamutol og kahoy, saving them from extinction or from decay.  Adunay mga pangandoy to develop bamboo into a “major green industry, a key rural industry and a serious export sector.” Is this possible?

Daku ang galastuan niini. Dili kini mahimo sa gobyerno lang, gawas kon ipaagi sa PPP kon Public-Private-Partnership program, and some other means of tapping the involvement (and interest) of the private sector.

“Bamboo in the Philippines is a high-potential but underbuilt industry. The fundamentals are excellent, like climate, species and demand, but the missing piece is execution, like investments, scale and technology,” nagkanayon si Schumacher. Nganong bamboo man? Bamboo grows insanely fast—nearly 100 times faster than the average tree—making it a sustainable option to save forests; Dugang pa, it is one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth, capable of growing over a meter per day.

Niini, atong masalbar ang kakahoyan ug ang kalasangan from extinction or from degradation. ug dili na mangaupaw ang atong kabungtoran ug kabukiran.

Sa nasayran, ang kawayan lig-on (dili mahadlok sa bagyo); Flexible ug adaptable; Mo-survive from natural disasters; Dugang sa google: Ang kawayan is an eco-friendly building material, used for scaffolding, bridges, ug sa disaster-resilient housing; Bamboo can bend significantly without breaking (dili mabali bisa’g unsaon pagkuso-kusohon sa kusog nga hangin).

“Despite its lightweight nature, pound-for-pound, its tensile strength rivals that of steel, and its compressive strength can match concrete (lig-una no?); Makapugong sa soil erosion ug mudslides; It is one of the fastest-growing plants on earth, capable of growing over a meter per day, and can be fully harvested for use in just 3 to 5 years.

Did you know that duna diay World Bamboo Day celebration?