“Policies that didn’t differentiate between types of forested land were previously a big barrier to bamboo production,” said Zheng Yang-yi, who is in charge of the regional revitalization subplan under National Central University’s social responsibility program implemented in the northern city of Taoyuan’s Fuxing District. “It’s great to see solutions to that problem.” When the program launched in 2020, participants campaigned for selective logging. Now it has shifted to advising loggers and facilitating communication with government agencies to better identify and address challenges to bamboo forest regeneration.
Source：Taiwan Review March / April 2024
