Where have the groves gone?

Overexploitation, skewed pricing policies and inefficient utilisation have laid bare the bamboo's vast reserves. While local communities clamour for the resource, and possiblities of sustainable use abound, governments dole it out to industry. Arunachal, one of the last bastions of bamboo in the country, is under similar threat

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By Max Martin

Published: Saturday 15 June 1996

Where have the groves gone?

Cover Story Cover Story Tribals India Bamboo Bamboo Andhra Pradesh Forests Forests Water Pollution

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