Bamboo, Hope for the Wood Industry in Ghana

Abstract

Over exploitation of some of the forest products in Ghana has led to their extermination. The current state of the Ghanaian woodland has drawn Government attention to wood sources that are renewable, environmentally supportive and fast growing. This is an attempt to check deforestation and to develop alternative resource for the fast dyeing wood industry which depends on the forest for its supply of timber? Studies made on bamboo, uncovered its capabilities and potentials as an appropriate material for adoption to replace Timber wood.

Keywords: Bamboo, forest, extinction, timber wood, lamination, deforestation