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Rinco de Koeijer, a farmer based in Schoondijke, Netherlands, manages a 6-hectare farm characterised by very good quality soil and strong potential for CO2 removal through bamboo cultivation. Recognizing bamboo’s fast growth and sustainability, Rinco aims to enhance carbon sequestration, improve soil health, and support biodiversity on his farm. He is dedicated to using sustainable practices to maximise bamboo’s environmental benefits and contribute to ecological restoration in the region.
Why Bamboo?
Bamboo is the fastest growing grass, with very high levels of CO2 sequestration and oxygen production. It rapidly sequesters carbon in biomass and the soil; taking it out of the air faster than almost any other plant. Long-lived bamboo products also store a lot of carbon. Therefore bamboo is an ideal tool to attain the net-zero emissions goals and fit within the European Green Deal.
Bamboo is not only a very efficient plant in terms of CO2 sequestration, it also takes large quantities of nitrate out of the soil, holds water in the soil, prevents erosion and regenerates the soil. Bamboo only has to be planted once for the next 60 to 100 years. After it is pruned or harvested, it grows back very fast, making bamboo one of the fastest renewable raw materials. In every new growth season the bamboo plants become bigger and thus sequestering more CO2.
Contact
https://www.bamboocarbonremoval.eu/co2-certificates/bamboo-farm-rinco-de-koeijer