EcoPlanet Bamboo Southern Africa

EcoPlanet Bamboo Southern Africa is rated 3 out of 5 in the category paper & forest products. Read and write reviews about EcoPlanet Bamboo Southern Africa. EcoPlanet Bamboo Southern Africa is a bamboo plantation subsidiary of EcoPlanet Bamboo Group. The company owns and operates the Kowie Bamboo Farm in South Africa's Eastern Cape.​ EcoPlanet Bamboo Southern Africa represents the first successful commercial bamboo plantation in South Africa and has set the platform for bamboo to become the first viable commercial tree free fiber in the country. EcoPlanet Bamboo Group is the largest owner and operator of commercial bamboo plantations outside of China. With bamboo plantations currently located in Central America, Southern Africa and West Africa, EcoPlanet Bamboo is leading the industrialization of bamboo as a tree free, deforestation free alternative fiber for timber manufacturing industries. The conversion of degraded land into certified bamboo plantations is coupled with innovative technology development to provide bamboo based solutions for products and markets that currently contribute to the deforestation of our world’s natural forests. Bamboo can be grown on degraded land, providing positive restoration properties while at the same time reducing deforestation and degradation through the provision of a sustainable source of fiber. Bamboo’s fast growth rate and high productivity results in significant volumes of fiber produced per area and input. New technology enables bamboo’s use in the manufacturing of most products that currently rely on wood as their raw fiber including pulp & paper, textiles, engineered timber and bioenergy. EcoPlanet Bamboo’s plantations can provide a secure and sustainable raw resource for industries, companies and consumers.