I-bamboo eyaziwa ngokuba yi-"green gold," iyaziwa kwihlabathi liphela njengendlela ezinzileyo yokulwa nempembelelo embi yokutshatyalaliswa kwamahlathi kunye nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni. I-International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) iyayiqonda impembelelo ye-bamboo kwaye ijolise ekukhuthazeni nasekuphuculeni ukusetyenziswa kwale mithombo isebenzisekayo.
I-bamboo ikhula ngokukhawuleza kwaye inamandla okufunxa i-carbon dioxide, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ilungele ukunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokufezekisa iinjongo zophuhliso oluzinzileyo. I-International Bamboo and Rattan, intlangano yoorhulumente ikholelwa ukuba i-bamboo inokubonelela ngezisombululo ezinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo kumacandelo ahlukeneyo kuquka ulwakhiwo, ezolimo, amandla kunye nophuhliso lwendlela yokuphila.
Enye yezona ndawo ziphambili ekugxilwe kuzo ekukhuthazeni uqalo kushishino lokwakha. Izixhobo zokwakha zemveli ezifana nentsimbi kunye nekhonkrithi zinempembelelo enkulu ekukhutshweni kwekhabhoni kunye nokugawulwa kwamahlathi. Nangona kunjalo, uqalo lubutyebi obukhaphukhaphu, obuhlala ixesha elide nobunokuhlaziyeka obunokuthatha indawo yezi zinto. Luhlanganiswe ngempumelelo kwiindlela ezininzi zokwakha, lukhuthaza iindlela zokwakha eziluhlaza nezizinzileyo ngelixa lunciphisa umngcipheko wekhabhoni kushishino.
Ngaphezu koko, i-bamboo inamandla amakhulu kwicandelo lezolimo. Ukukhula kwayo ngokukhawuleza kuvumela ukuphinda kwamahlathi ngokukhawuleza, kunceda ukulwa nokukhukuliseka komhlaba kunye nokukhusela iintlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo. I-bamboo ikwasebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zolimo ezifana nokwahlukahluka kwezityalo, iinkqubo ze-agroforestry kunye nokuphucula umhlaba. I-INBAR ikholelwa ukuba ukukhuthaza i-bamboo njengendlela efanelekileyo kubalimi kunokuphucula iindlela zolimo ezizinzileyo kwaye kufake isandla kuphuhliso lwasemaphandleni.
Xa kufikwa kumandla, i-bamboo inika enye indlela endaweni yamafutha e-fossil. Ingaguqulwa ibe yi-bioenergy, i-biofuel okanye i-charcoal, inike amandla acocekileyo nazinzileyo. Ukuphakamisa ulwazi kunye nokusebenzisa izisombululo zamandla ezisekelwe kwi-bamboo kunokunciphisa ukuthembela kwizixhobo ezingavuselelekiyo kwaye kuncede ukutshintshela kwikamva lamandla aluhlaza nacocekileyo.
Ngaphezu koko, i-bamboo inamandla amakhulu okuphuhlisa indlela yokuphila, ingakumbi kwiindawo zasemaphandleni. Amaphulo e-INBAR agxile ekuqeqesheni uluntu lwasekuhlaleni ekulimeni i-bamboo, iindlela zokuvuna kunye nophuhliso lwemveliso. Ngokuqinisa ishishini le-bamboo lasekuhlaleni, olu luntu lunokwandisa ingeniso yalo, ludale imisebenzi kwaye luphucule imeko yalo yezoqoqosho nezentlalo.
Ukuze ifezekise iinjongo zayo, i-INBAR isebenzisana ngokusondeleyo noorhulumente, amaziko ophando kunye neengcali ukukhuthaza iindlela ezizinzileyo zokwenziwa kwe-bamboo kunye nokwenza kube lula ukutshintshiselana ngolwazi. Lo mbutho ukwabonelela ngoncedo lobuchwephesha, ukwakhiwa kwamandla kunye nenkxaso yemigaqo-nkqubo kumazwe angamalungu ayo.
Njengeyona mveliso inkulu ye-bamboo ehlabathini, i-China idlale indima ebalulekileyo ekukhuthazeni ukusetyenziswa kwe-bamboo. Okwangoku, i-China inezixeko ezininzi ezinemixholo ye-bamboo, amaziko ophando kunye neepaki zoshishino. Idibanisa ngempumelelo uyilo lwe-bamboo kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo kwaye iba yimodeli yehlabathi yezenzo ze-bamboo ezizinzileyo.
Ukwanda kwe-bamboo akupheleli nje e-Asia. I-Afrika, i-Latin America kunye ne-Europe nazo ziye zaqonda amandla ale mithombo iguquguqukayo. Amazwe amaninzi adibanisa i-bamboo kwimigaqo-nkqubo yawo yokusingqongileyo nophuhliso, eqonda igalelo layo ekufezekiseni iiNjongo zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo lweZizwe eziManyeneyo.
Njengoko ihlabathi lijongene notshintsho lwemozulu kwaye lifuna ezinye iindlela eziluhlaza, ukukhuthaza i-bamboo njengendlela ezinzileyo kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili. Imizamo kunye nentsebenziswano ye-INBAR inamandla okuguqula amacandelo ahlukeneyo ngokudibanisa i-bamboo kwizenzo ezizinzileyo, ukukhusela okusingqongileyo kunye negalelo kwimpilo-ntle yoluntu kwihlabathi liphela.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Okthobha-09-2023

