EcoPlanetBamboo
As the largest owner of commercial bamboo plantations globally, EcoPlanet Bamboo is leading the industrialization of bamboo as a viable and environmentally attractive alternative fiber for timber manufacturing industries globally.
EcoPlanet's Bamboo Plantation Blog. Recent News EcoPlanet's Bamboo Plantation Blog EcoPlanet Bamboo has launched a Bamboo Plantations Blog to debunk many of the myths and misinformation surrounding the commercial production of bamboo.
We ourselves fell pray to much of this misinformation during our early years of development, and had an exponential learning curve as we quickly realized that we were going to need to rely on our own research trials in order to understand the complexities and barriers associated with commercializing a range of species of this wonderful plant. In addition we hope that EcoPlanet's Bamboo Plantation Blog will serve as a trigger for conversation around these key topics, as this can only lead to more robust information available! Please visit the blog here or contact us at info@ecoplanetbamboo.com for information or further conversation around any of the Bamboo Myths that we attempt to address. < Back to news< Download article. EcoPlanet's Bamboo Plantation Blog. EcoPlanet Bamboo Spreading Awareness.
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EcoPlanet Bamboo & The Mantis Collection. Recent News Forging of an innovative partnership between The Mantis Collection & EcoPlanet Bamboo Deep rooted backgrounds in African conservation, as well as shared visions for sustainability and a world in which people and animals can co-exist came to light during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Mantis and EcoPlanet Bamboo last month.
The executive management teams of both companies, which included Camille Rebelo COO of EcoPlanet Bamboo and Adrian Gardiner CEO of Mantis, met at No5 by Mantis, in Port Elizabeth. Bamboo Based Solutions from EcoPlanet Bamboo. EcoPlanet Bamboo invests heavily into research and technology development to assist and enable manufacturing companies and product developers to mainstream bamboo fiber.
Research: Investment into science and research occurs across all steps of the supply chain, from the silvicultural management of our plantations, to prototype product development. This research occurs within our own laboratories and R&D facilities, and in conjunction with Fortune 500 companies, universities and research entities globally. Manufacturing Technology: For bamboo to provide a long term competitively priced solution for sustainably minded companies, we must address multiple steps along the supply chain. EcoPlanet Bamboo - A Sustainable Tourism Solution. Recent News EcoPlanet Bamboo featured as a solution towards Sustainable Tourism by Tourism Tattler Magazine Tourism Tattler, the official trade journal on African tourism, has featured EcoPlanet Bamboo under their editorial section targeting "Sustainable Solutions for Tourism".
EcoPlanet Bamboo Acquires FSC Certification, Enabling Supply of a Sustainable Alternative Fiber to US & Multinational Manufacturing Industries. BARRINGTON, Ill.
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EcoPlanet Bamboo has become the first Company to obtain Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for plantations of tropical clumping bamboo. Although certified plantations of Moso, the Chinese “running” bamboo, occur, much debate exists over the application of the FSC to bamboo, given that the plant is technically a grass, and exhibits unique ecological growth patterns to trees. EcoPlanet Bamboo believes that the FSC Principles of sustainable forest management are not only applicable, but provide a guarantee that consumers both trust, and value. Recent market analysis indicates that the majority of US based timber manufacturers complain that FSC certified material is scarce and a secure supply hard to source. Further issues relating to quality and consistency of supply when sourcing from China are frequent.
For enquiries contact Kristena Blume, Operations Manager: info@ecoplanetbamboo.com. EcoPlanet Bamboo – Medium. “Stone” Nkokweni – An Inspiring Story of a Bamboo Charcoal Connoisseur. Patrick “Stone” Nkokweni started working for EcoPlanet Bamboo in July 2014 as a gardener for the areas surrounding the newly initiated Core Carbon factory.
It was quickly noticed by management that Stone was sharp, willing to learn new skills and eager to play a role wherever he was needed. Those qualities made him excel and in less than 6 months, he went from a gardener to a lab technician. He eventually became our Bamboo Charcoal Connoisseur, carrying out scientifically determined R&D on our charcoal and eventually becoming responsible for the production of bamboo charcoal on Kowie Bamboo Farm. Stone had a trying journey to get to where he is today, but those experiences shaped him and all that was missing for him was someone to give him the opportunities to excel.
Here is Stone’s story: Stone grew up in the Peddie area of the Eastern Cape where his father was the local Chief. Stone had a loving upbringing. “The challenge with Bathurst is a lack of opportunity, ” says Stone. Like this: FSC Certified Bamboo Plantations. Troy Wiseman EcoPlanet Bamboo Earth Day 2017. Recent News EcoPlanet Bamboo's CEO Troy Wiseman at Earth Day 2017 Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22.
Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. EcoPlanet Bamboo Signs Ancient Forest Friendly Policy with Canopy and commits to develop eco-appropriate fabrics. VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canopy is pleased today to announce that innovative leader EcoPlanet Bamboo has committed to a sourcing policy designed to offer a more sustainable option for clothing brands seeking alternatives to ancient and endangered forest fibres.
“We are excited about EcoPlanet Bamboo’s interest in innovation, and the opportunities for the clean manufacturing of sustainably grown bamboo as an alternative to rayon or viscose made from ancient and endangered forests”Tweet this This marks a shift for Canopy, whose traditional focus has been on users and producers of forest products such as pulp and paper. In contrast, EcoPlanet Bamboo is not harvesting or using trees but is the largest global developer of certified bamboo plantations on degraded lands. Over the past year Canopy has expanded on its successful work with customers of the pulp and paper sectors. Similar to any productive crop, bamboo can be grown sustainably or unsustainably.
Bamboo: The Secret Weapon in Forest and Landscape Restoration? In the world of forestry, bamboo doesn’t always get the credit it deserves.
Dismissed as a weed or marginalized in traditional forest management, bamboo could actually play an important role in forest and landscape restoration. With adequate attention, investment, and the right standards in place, it could become a major renewable and sustainable crop—if we can update our outmoded view of it. FCP: EcoPlanet Bamboo: Thinking Long-Term. EcoPlanet Bamboo yesterday announced that its Nicaragua bamboo projects successfully verified their first carbon offsets. These projects are expected to reduce 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2e) over their 20-year lifetime. This milestone came after a patient process of navigating the voluntary carbon markets and – as Troy Wiseman explains in the interview below – is part of the company’s truly long-term vision for triple bottom line profitability.
Can bamboo succeed where carbon markets have failed? Read Troy Wiseman's opinion piece, originally published at the 2014 G7 Climate Change Summit, here. 28 May 2014 | Troy Wiseman, CEO and Co-Founder of EcoPlanet Bamboo, never understood the idea of a zero-sum game when it came to corporate responsibility and profits. When he founded EcoPlanet Bamboo, Wiseman recognized that the only way to ‘move the needle’ on deforestation is to find alternatives to wood fiber. AG: How do carbon offsets fit into your business model? Meet EcoPlanet Bamboo: the Apple computer of timber. US entrepreneur Troy Wiseman tells Alex Blackburne about his mission to make bamboo the natural world’s next disruptive technology – while making money, providing deforestation-free solutions and helping eradicate poverty. How does a boy from the US deep south end up being a pioneer in the global sustainable forestry industry? Ask Troy Wiseman that question and he sees it as a fairly linear progression.
-Advertisement- The CEO and founder of EcoPlanet Bamboo – a firm leading the way in large-scale bamboo plantations – has always wanted to invest in things that make a difference. And what matters to him above all else? News and Updates from EcoPlanet Bamboo’s Plantations. EcoPlanet Bamboo In Central America. There Are The Facbook Account Of EcoPlanet Bamboo. EcoPlanet Core Carbon An Industrial Subsidiary of EcoPlanet Bamboo. EcoPlanet Bamboo plantation In South Africa. EcoPlanet Bamboo As A Viable And Environmentally Attractive Alternative Fiber. EcoPlanet Bamboo Triples West African Operations. CHICAGO, Jun. 14 /CSRwire/ - EcoPlanet Bamboo has signed a long-term lease, tripling the size of its Ghana forestry operations to 26,000 acres (10,500 hectares). This expanded area will enable the landscape scale restoration of a highly degraded ecosystem in a commercially viable manner. Remnant forest patches and native vegetation are conserved, and a full canopy cover established, securing critical ecosystem functions while also providing sufficient raw fiber to develop an integrated and sustainable bio-based economy.
“This expanded area allows EcoPlanet Bamboo to focus on Ghana as the site of our first closed loop, low footprint, bamboo based bio-refinery, while restoring an entire forest ecosystem” says CEO Troy Wiseman. “Once mature the integrated ecosystem will yield more than 700,000 tons of raw fiber a year, sufficient for the production of a tree free, deforestation free pulp, and securing more than 1,500 jobs in an area suffering from extreme rural poverty.” Sustainable Development Arm of EcoPlanet Bamboo. Citadel, Property Frontiers & EcoPlanet Bamboo's Bamboo Bond.
EcoPlanet Laboratories research and product development center. Ecoplanet Bamboo Group. Winner of the U.S. Department of State's 2014 Award for Corporate Excellence ,[1] founded in 2010 by Troy Wiseman and Camille Rebelo, EcoPlanet Bamboo has pioneered the industrialization of bamboo as an alternative fiber for timber manufacturing industries. To date the Company has 37,250 acres of bamboo farms under ownership, in Central American, Western and Southern Africa, with larger scale plantations underway.
EcoPlanet Bamboo is a privately owned United States Company, registered in Delaware and with corporate headquarters located outside of Chicago, Illinois. It is a US Series LLC allowing each geographic region and individual bamboo plantation to be funded and operated separately but under the same umbrella. The Company has been recognized for its social impact[2] created more than 750 jobs and operates in some of the poorest parts of the world in Nicaragua, South Africa and Ghana. EcoPlanet Bamboo Works To Ensure. EcoPlanet Bamboo Central America Project.
The EcoPlanet Bamboo Central America Project is a reforestation project, utilizing native bamboo (Guadua aculeata), for the regeneration of degraded pasture lands on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua. G. aculeata has the potential to not only address global climate change through its fast sequestration rate of atmospheric carbon, but if combined with value added processing has the potential to address the global trend of deforestation through the provision of a sustainable alternative to traditional timber sources.
When Business is Good for the Environment EcoPlanet Bamboo in Nicaragua. EcoPlanet Bamboo Nicaragua's Technology. Recent News EcoPlanet Bamboo's General Manager in Nicaragua, Francisco Ferreira talks about the benefit of technology for the company's operations. EcoPlanet Bamboo Expands In Ghana, Promises To Restore Degraded Ecosystem. (3BL Media/Justmeans) - Africa is a global leader in deforestation. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the African continent loses over four million hectares (9.9 million acres) of natural forest every year, which is twice as much the global average.
To help fight the problem with a dose of 'conscious capitalism', business and environmentalists alike believe bamboo plantations can make a valuable contribution, on an environmental, social as well as economic level. Bamboo plantations are seen by many as a viable, sustainable source of source of fiber for timber industries that often harvest their raw materials from forests. In other words, it can help fight deforestation by creating a sustainable, economically appealing alternative. The company says this expanded area will help restore a highly degraded ecosystem in a commercially viable manner. Innovation in Investments Forum, 14th World Forestry Congress. The XIV World Forestry Congress continued on Thursday morning with two special events and a joint session with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
During the Innovation and Investment Forum, four different panels discussed: investing in forestry, land, trees and biomass; transformative strategies and innovations to engender more sustainable production and consumption in the emerging bio-economy; innovative financing strategies and partnerships with other sectors to produce game-changing results in the marketplace; and looking at innovations to garner consumer support. Growing Bamboo, Sustaining Community. Growing Bamboo: A Private Sector Approach to REDD+ By Troy Wiseman, CEO of EcoPlanet Bamboo The last 10 years of REDD and REDD+ development have shown that the price attributed to and the willingness to pay for forest based ecosystem services, whether through compliance or a voluntary schemes, is unlikely to ever compete with the market price for wood and fiber that comes from the deforestation and degradation of the world’s remaining natural forests.
Although project level benefits may be significant, so long as demand continues and a thriving market provides attractive returns on the harvesting of natural forests, leakage is inevitable, and truly quantifiable REDD+ in many nations will be hard to achieve. The math is simple: plantation forests still supply only a fraction of our fuel and fiber needs, and without an alternative, at the global scale the degradation will continue, although the actual location may shift. BBC Radio 4's Green Gold - The Bamboo Boom. The 2014 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) Winners. On December 9, 2014, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Catherine Novelli presented the Secretary of State's 2014 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) to EcoPlanet Bamboo Group in Nicaragua, Wagner Asia Equipment, LLC in Mongolia, and The Coca-Cola Company in the Philippines.
The annual award recognizes U.S. -owned businesses that play vital roles around the world as good corporate citizens in supporting sustainable development, respect for human and labor rights, environmental protection, open markets, transparency, and other democratic values. The Bamboo Bond. EcoPlanet Bamboo aims to make alternative timber big business. This story originally appeared on BusinessGreen.