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In 1998, China introduced a widespread logging ban in the southwest of China, severely restricting the amount of timber cut in the region. As timber is increasingly felled in other countries to meet China's demand, domestically, attention has swiftly switched to bamboo. It's an incredibly versatile type of wood that can be made into not only chopsticks and furniture, but can also be used in construction and consumed...
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  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
  • Sichuan is one of the most densely populated regions in the country. The rapid growth in demand for bamboo resources over the last two decades has caused excessive exploitation of forest resources in the province. This has resulted in serious disturbance and destruction of the biodiversity in natural bamboo forests.
  • A factory worker holds a piece of bamboo. Bamboo removal in China has grown from 260 million tons in 1990 to 1.2 billion tons in 2005.
  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
  • Off-cuts lie discarded in a factory which produces furniture and chopsticks, all of which is made from bamboo.
  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
  • A schoolgirl does her homework in a community nestled within the forest.
  • A farmer stands near her fields adjacent to the 'Bamboo Sea' found in southern Sichuan Province.
  • Tourists in a gift shop whilst visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
  • Tourists visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
  • A worker in a factory that produces furniture made from bamboo. This one factory processes 800 bamboo trees (approximately 20 tons) per day, in southern Sichuan.
  • A worker in a factory that produces chopsticks made from bamboo. "China produces 57 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, which requires over 1.18 million square meters of forest," according to Greenpeace East Asia.
  • A young boy visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
  • A man sits on furniture made of bamboo in the streets of a small village in southern Sichuan Province.
  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
  • A factory worker smokes near a pile of sawdust, inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
  • Diners eat lunch in a small restaurant in a village in souther Sichuan Province. Virtually all of the chopsticks found in the south of China are made from bamboo.
  • Smoke billows from a chimney in a bamboo factory in southern Sichuan. The factory produces furniture and chopsticks made from bamboo.
  • Construction vehicles near a mountainside that has been used to excavate materials for building projects. Sichuan Province.
  • Tourists visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
  • A waterfall in the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
  • As bamboo does not fall within the protection of the 1998 logging ban, it is frequently felled with little monitoring or regulation.
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