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The IIAP will develop an initiative selected by Concytec-ProCience to improve the use of the Amazon bamboo.The Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP), an entity attached to the Ministry of Environment, in alliance with the National Agrarian University La Molina (UNALM), will develop the project Sustainable and innovative Technologies to improve the use of the native bamboo of the Peruvian Amazon. The initiative has been selected in the Applied Research Projects of Concytec-Procence.
The project aims to strengthen the productive offer of natural bamboo forests through the development of furniture with added value, carbon capture through the use of drones, and the evaluation of the diversity of native species. It seeks to provide viable alternatives of economic development to carpenters, industrialists and silvicular growers, promoting integral use of this forest resource.
In Peru there are more than 4 million hectares of bamboo forests, but its true potential remains little known. Unlike exotic bamboo Guadua angustifolia, widely studied, native species such as Guadua Lynnclarkiae, G. Weberaueri, G. Superba and G. Sarcocarpa have been little explored, despite their promising physical-mechanical properties and ability to capture carbon.
As part of the project, two furniture prototypes will be designed and rehearsed from the native bamboo of the Guadua genus. In addition, laminated boards with three different configurations will be manufactured to evaluate their resistance and stability, following international technical standards. Biochar (vegetable) produced from bamboo will also be characterized and its use will be evaluated as a amendment of soils.
To study carbon kidnapping, four permanent monitoring plots in different types of forests will be installed. These plots will be analyzed with drones that will capture high -resolution images. Then, by specialized algorithms, biomass and stored carbon will be calculated, generating carbon flow maps.
Likewise, an evaluation of the diversity of native bamboo species will be carried out through the installation of transects in Amazonian forests, which will allow a better characterization of this ecosystem.
With this proposal, the IIAP and the UNALM hope to boost the research applied to sustainable development, revaluing native forest resources and opening new opportunities for Local Amazonian economies.
