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Sahabat Bambu is a small business based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Our main product is treated bamboo poles. We also manufacture bamboo houses and furniture.Bamboo, if harvested correctly is a renewable resource and sustainable building material. Properly treated bamboo provides strong, flexible and durable building material able to last over 100 years and is a suitable replacement for scarce timber resources.
There are around 1,2 50 bamboo species recognized in the world, 140 of which are found in Indonesia. Although many of these bamboos are exellent for use in construction, furniture and handicrafts, bamboo is still perceived as a poor-man's timber, largely due to its susceptible to insect attack from termites to powder-post beetles. Sahabat Bambu, collaborating with bamboo ecologists, treatment specialits, bamboo artisan, construction experts, and bamboo farmers in order to change this perception through several activities and projects such as bamboo treatment training, bamboo construction training, bamboo clump management, as well as by improving bamboo design and produces superior bamboo products.
Why Bamboo? Here are some facts about bamboo…
- Ren
ewable Resource. Bamboo is a high-yield, it can be harvested in 3-5 years versus 20- 50 years for most timber. Its culms biomass production was estimated about 20 to 30 tons/ha annually. - Plentiful. There are more then 1.500 species around the world and more than 100 species found in Indonesian archipelago.
- Stronger than steel. Certain species of bamboo has a tensile strength of 28,000 per square inch vs. 23,000 for steel.
- Promotes livelihoods for local farmers. Bamboo grows in rural areas and mostly owned by poor farmer. By utilizing bamboo in a sustainable way we can helps increase their income.
- Safe Housing. More than a billion people in the world live in bamboo houses. In most cases, bamboo buildings have proven to be earthquake proof.
- Exotic, beautiful. Bamboo is an exotic and naturally beautiful material, can be utilized to so many useful products.
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