Strategies for sustainable development
through bamboo
The transformation of rural agrarian economies includes development that is
cleaner, more harmonious and more sustainable. This needs an enabling
environment to drive efforts towards livelihoods generation, poverty
alleviation and community empowerment; efforts that address ecological
concerns.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a big step forward for achieving
equitable and environmentally sustainable economic development. They
recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that
build economic growth and addresses a range of social needs including
education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling
climate change and environmental protection.
Bamboo is a resource that addresses six of the seventeen Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and offers a range of social, economic and
ecological benefits. Technological innovations in this field will help unleash the
potential of bamboo for creating job opportunities and driving social
transformation.
Enabling policy, a regulatory environment and community awareness will
collectively play a critical role for success of social enterprises working in the
bamboo sector. And, the twin objectives of sustainable development and
poverty eradication require close collaboration between the government,
civil society organizations, the private sector and local communities. Because,
the transformation required now needs to be technologically, economically
and socially viable.
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