Bamboo plantation for energy in Brazil

1. Bamboo Biomass Potencial
Brazil
Brazilian Bamboo Producers Association
World Bio Market Brazil
01/Nov/2015
São Paulo
Guilherme Korte
aprobambu@gmail.com

2. The Bamboo
Plant with 200 milions years
1.500 species, 100 domesticated, 38 studied
Occupy 3 % of the world's forests
Average 4.400 kcal/kg
Inbar/ONU/EMBRAPA 2015

3. Cultural identity of bamboo in the world

4. 16 millions hectares
Degraded land
252 native
species of Bamboo
851 million
hectares
272 m legal
reserve
146 m
Conservation
parks
113 m for native
tribes
88 million for
970.000 families
in
agrarian reform
land
20% inside farms
are degraded
230 million
in
Agribusiness

5. Distribution of forests with bamboo in Acre, southwestern Amazonia, Brazil
749.350 inhabitants
164.221 km2
87% forests
45% protected natural
4.563.600 hectares
Bamboo forest
Three fibers of Guadua
1.480 km
to
Pacific Ocean

6. Bamboo Forest
for BIOMASS min 350 ha
50 km
First harvest – from 3 to 7 years
Produtivity – From 20 tons up to 100 tons/ha/yr
Regional variation : manpower, relief, soil, climate
Agroforestry
3 species of Bamboo, palm and hardwood tree

7. Botucatu, SP

8. Vale do Paraiba, SP

9. Bamboo in 3º cut
Eucaliptus area

10. Bamboo plantation
Degraded land – Legal Reserve
Management plan
Spacing 10m x 10m

11. Consortion with grain or grass

12. Selected cut for
Ceramic complex
Max 20% of the clump

13. Plantio energético para industria
cerâmica
Zero cut for biomass
To chip 15 days after cut

14. Biomass for steam production
50% eucaliptus + 50% BAMBOO = 4,4 ton steam
Combioenergia

15. Fotos: Dra. Ximena Londoño
Bambusa vulgaris for pulp and paper
7 ton/ men/day hand cut
25 ton/year/hectare
25.000 hectares produce around 70.000 tons of paper
7x3 spacing

16. Bamboo harvest for Fiber and Biomass

17. Four month harvested
Bambusa tuldoides

19. 48%
35%
26%
28%
27%
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Drying curve
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20. Research of Bamboo in Japan

21. Bamboo forest = Environmental credit
Sustainable tecnology
Partners
Public/Private/Comunity

22. Bai Juyi, (772-846d.C.)
poeta chinês
Sua raiz profunda simboliza firmeza, seu caule ereto representa a honra,
seu interior vazio a modéstia e seu exterior limpo a fidelidade.