Reforesting: 1M Hectares with Bamboo Agroforestry by 2030 🎋

#thinkbamboo Podcast : Se.1, Ep.13 -- Boy Dominick Heemskerk, Founder 🌱 Bambouku Fund and Foundation / Founding member in the 🛖 Eco-Villages Project https://www.thinkbamboo.org/2023/06/2...
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Welcome to the ThinkBamboo Podcast, where we are premiering the interviewing with Boy Dominick Heemskerk, the visionary founder of Bambouku, the world's largest bamboo reforestation for carbon sequestration. And Eco-Village project of community within communities. Bambouku aims to plant one million hectares of bamboo by 2030 as a bold step towards combating climate change. With an estimated cost of 5 billion euros, Bambouku is launching "Bambouku funds," Bambouku Bamboo Forest Fund - Investing in Carbon Assets. A groundbreaking initiative with an initial round of 100 million euros, focusing on bamboo agroforestry.

[00:00] Mission to plant one million hectares of bamboo before 2030
[03:56] Bamboo is a sustainable source of timber
[07:59] Bamboo and Kirikiri trees are sustainable sources of timber.
[11:40] Carbon banking and reforestation are growing, but there is still a long way to go.
[15:08] Invest in Bambuku for carbon storage and land
[18:18] Deforestation is a major problem that needs to be addressed
[22:10] Carbon credit industry has huge potential for growth
[25:56] Bambuku focuses on global reforestation

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• Video ) Mission to plant one million hectares of bamboo before 2030
- Cost of planting one million hectares of bamboo is estimated to be around 5 billion euros
- First round of funds for bambuku funds will be 100 million euros

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• Video ) Bamboo is a sustainable source of timber
- Bamboo is the fastest growing plant for storing carbon
- Agroforestry with bamboo and local timber is important for sustainability

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• Video ) Bamboo and Kirikiri 3 trees are sustainable sources of timber.
- Bamboo can store up to 45,000 liters of water and distribute it to other trees and shrubs.
- Kirikiri 3 trees can be harvested at the same time as bamboo poles and can be harvested seven times from the same root system.

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• Video ) Carbon banking and reforestation are growing quickly, but there is still a long way to go.
- Big polluters must buy their tons back.
- There is potential in building a global community of communities for agroforestry and bioeconomy.

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• Video ) Invest in Bambuku for carbon storage and land sales
- Buy hectares for $5,000 and sell for $50,000 to make money back
- Community aspect included in Eco Villages for agroforestry and people

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• Video ) Deforestation is a major problem that needs to be addressed
- 3.4 million soccer fields of forest are lost every year
- Global emissions need to be reduced to zero by 2050 to keep the Paris agreement

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• Video ) Carbon credit industry has huge potential for growth
- Nature-based solutions are easier to scale and have additional benefits like biodiversity and climate regulation
- Forestry projects, mangrove restoration, and conservation projects are some of the areas where investment can be made

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• Video ) Bambuku focuses on reforestation and cook stove projects globally.
- Bambuku's reforestation efforts focus on degraded grasslands and sugar farms in Latin America.
- The projects in Bambuku's portfolio are in different stages of development, including cook stove projects in Africa.

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