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 Is bamboo a tree or a grass? [1]

The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest department and can be auctioned to the paper and pulp industry, often at throwaway rates.

Sunita Narain [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Dec 15, 2010
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Forest Resources [4], Information [5], Bamboo [6], Tribals [7], Minor Forest Produce [8], Maharashtra [9], Forest Policy [10], Forest Conservation [11], Benefit Sharing [12], Trees [13], Forest Act 1927 [14], Sunita Narain [15], Forests [16], Gadchiroli (D) [17], Forest Rights Act 2006 [18], India [19]

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