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Bamboo Biodiversity
Information for Planning Conservation and Management in the Asia-Pacific Region
UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 14


This study shows that more than 400 bamboo species are potentially threatened by the destruction of natural forest cover. Conservation and sustainable management of wild populations of bamboo should be high priority, especially where diversity is high or deforestation is a significant threat.

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