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asia, china, sichuan, bamboo, environment

A woman removes the skin off of a piece of bamboo 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. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.

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Contained in galleries: Bamboo Nation - China [2011]

A woman removes the skin off of a piece of bamboo 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. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.