1. Philippine Bamboo Roadmap
Workshop
15 & 16 May 2012
Holiday Inn Clark, Pampanga
UNDERSECRETARY MERLY M. CRUZ
Regional Operations Development Group
Department of Trade and Industry
Chair, PBIDC Executive Committee

2. What is Bamboo?
Any of a large number of erect
or climbing woody grasses
with hollow, jointed, rounded
and often springy stems
Clumping Non-clumping

3. Remarkable Attributes
Fast growing
Great for erosion control and CO2
sequestration
Extraordinary hardiness – typhoons,
atomic bomb, earthquake, fire, pest
and diseases
Potential source of renewable energy
Produces more oxygen

4. Desirable Features
 Can be cut and worked into
various shapes
 Can be joined with nails,
screws, bolts, connectors, tying
materials and adhesives
 Can be used in many forms (1)
round, (2) splits, (3) sliced, (4)
flattened, (5) particles, and (6)
fibers
 Pleasing appearance
 Treatable with chemicals

5. Philippine Bamboo Statistics
Species 53 erect; 17 climbing
Hectarage 38K; 20 natural, 18 planted
Annual demand 60 M poles
Annual supply 40 M poles
Main industries furniture & handicrafts; construction
and fishpens; packaging; propping
Industry very small due to limited raw material supply!!!

6. Good News!!!
EXECUTIVE ORDER 879
Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council
 Reforestation of at least 500 thousand
hectares from 2010 to 2020.
 DENR to use bamboo for at least 20% of
its annual reforestation
 25% of annual desk requirements of
DepEd shall be made of bamboo
DTI-BambooPhil-DENR

7. Industry Strengthening
Training Additional Good
News!!!
Techno-transfer
Landbank to
extend loans
Access to raw material supply for bamboo
development
Bamboo expos projects
Marketing assistance

8. Why Invest in Bamboo?
 Great global demand; international market value
now 10 B US dollars
 Thousands of products
 Low capital investment for many products
 Profitable
 Fast growing; renewable; environment friendly
 Technologies available
 Large tracts of land available for pole production

9. Money Making Alternatives
CATEGORIES
 Nursery production
 Mass propagation – tissue culture
 Bamboo farming
 Primary processing
 Production of finished products

10. Bamboo Farming/Plantation
Potential Markets
 Construction, furniture &
handicraft sectors
 Fish pen operators
 Fruit & vegetable sector
 Charcoal producers
 Power providers

11. The Big Four

12. The Big Four …

13. Primary Products
Potential Markets
• Construction industry
• Furniture industry
• Handicraft industry
• Others
For Banana Props

14. Engineered Products
Potential
Markets
• Construction industry
• Furniture industry
DTI-
• Handicraft industry
CITC
• Others

15. Carved Articles

16. Handicrafts

17. Fences

18. Gazebos

19. Charcoal
Lump or raw
Briquette
Cooking & Heating Activated
Cooking & Heating
Air/water purification
Air/water purification  Hotels, restaurants,
residences
Detoxification  Supermarkets,
Detoxification warehouses
 Hospitals, drug
Medicine companies
Medicine
 Vehicle owners

20. Power Generation
Biomass
Cooking Heating
Electricity

21. Bamboo Pellets

22. Executive Order 879
Creating the Philippine Bamboo
Industry Development Council
(PBIDC) to promote the bamboo
industry development project and
directing the use of bamboo for at
least twenty five (25%) per
cent of the desk and other
bamboo furniture requirements
of public elementary and secondary
schools and prioritizing the use of
bamboo in furniture fixtures and
other construction requirements of
government facilities and allocating
funds therefore and other purposes.

23. Rationale for the EO
 RP contribution to ASEAN to reforest at least 500 K
hectares with bamboo from 2010 to 2020.
 Planting bamboo can significantly help mitigate
climate change and reduce impacts of natural
disasters
 Bamboo can be used as cash crops for farmers
 RP can have larger share in 10B US$ global market
 Will enable LGUs to participate more actively in
planting and processing into various products
 Bamboo industry needs to be strengthened.

24. Major Provisions
PBIDC
Executive Committee
TWG
 PBIDC - to provide overall policy and program directions.
 DENR and associated units shall use bamboo for at least
20% of its annual reforestation.
 Bamboo desks and armchairs to be procured by Dep-Ed
(at least 25% of annual requirements of all public
elementary and high schools)
 Executive Committee to assist PBIDC in program/project
identification and resource generation.
 Technical Working Group to assist Executive Committee.
 Initial funding – P20 million

25. Council Composition
12 Members
Chair Secretary, DTI
Members
Secretary, DENR Chair, Exec. Comm.
Secretary, DA League of Municipalities of the
Philippines
Secretary, DepEd
2 Representatives, NGOs
Secretary, DOST
2 Representatives, Private Industry
Secretary, DOLE Associations

26. PROGRAM COMPONENTS
 shall take into account climate
change mitigation measures.
DENR (FMB,
BambooPhil
MGB, LLDA,
AHON Movement
ERDB)
PHILEXPORT DA
PCCI DAR (Excom
LMP Member)
NCIP ( Excom
Member)
DTI
DOST
DepEd
DOLE
CITC (TWG)
shall address primarily
 shall look into disaster mitigation poverty mitigation which
would cover dev’t nodes &
projects involving community
hubs, prodev, value/supply
development and social protection
chain mgt, marketing &
and responsibility.
technology.