It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/bamboo-can-it-live-green-gold-hype
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/eifion-rees
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/ecologist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/myanmar
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/greenpeace