Author Huyen LinhThe signing ceremony took place at the headquarters of Sao Thai Duong Investment Joint Stock Company (SJF) on June 14.Bamboo Ecologic Corporation (referred to as Rizome) - headquartered in Nevada, USA.The project's goal is towards "Healing the Earth", combating climate change by absorbing millions of tons of carbon emissions that cause the greenhouse effect, and creating a large bamboo material area to supply. for Vietnam's industry as well as for the OSB bamboo board factories for the construction and furniture industries that SJF and BARDAG are building.Another very important goal of this project is to help prevent erosion, protect watershed forests, regenerate soil and especially bring sustainable income to bamboo farmers in mountainous provinces in the region. scale of the project.A similar project has been successfully implemented by Rizome and its partner USAID (the United States international development assistance organization) in the Philippines.Mr. Russell Smith - Chairman, CEO of Rizome Group said: “The reason we decided to choose bamboo is because bamboo is a plant that has the ability to grow very quickly, hold water and have the characteristics of absorbing C02 gas quickly. miraculous way to help fight climate change and at the same time can provide the market with a very good building material alternative to increasingly scarce wood.Rizome and SJF have been partners for more than 5 years.The project has been successfully implemented in Vietnam, bringing great efficiency and impact to the local environment and socio-economic, providing a great source of income for both bamboo growers and the SJF - Rizome joint venture. .According to Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, General Director of Sao Thai Duong Investment Joint Stock Company, industrial bamboo materials will gradually replace wood products in terms of quality, durability and especially in terms of environmental friendliness.The successful implementation of the project will create a stable and sustainable source of raw materials for factories producing industrial bamboo plywood such as bamboo plywood, oriented bamboo plywood, block-pressed bamboo products, etc. of SJF and Vietnam. Male."The project will pay special attention to the central region, which is flooded every rainy season to protect property and people, and at the same time, provide a large and sustainable source of income for the people here. The goal is that after 8 years, there will be no need to "rescue" every year for people in this area like now", Mr. Nghia said.The project is supported by domestic and foreign organizations, international organizations such as USAID, Oxfam are also sponsoring development in this field in the Philippines.The project has the participation of domestic partners such as VCCI (support communication, connection and market development), University of Forestry and Center for Non-timber Forest Products to support planting techniques and tree varieties. .The parties will work to develop a detailed project and propose it to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Government of Vietnam to have a policy to deploy in all provinces from the North to Quang Ngai.The project is expected to be implemented from 2023 to 2033 and renewed every 10 years.print articleEditor-in-Chief: Le Trong MinhMember of the Editorial Board - Editorial Secretary: Dang Tuan Khanh© Copyright by Investment Newspaper – Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.License No. 541/GP-BTTTT issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications on August 23, 2021License No. 68/GP-CBC issued by the Press Department on September 1, 2021® Specify the source “Tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn” when you redistribute information from this website.