BAMBOO-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A case study on restructuring the triple bottom line: planet, people & profit for creating a new tripod of growth
BAMBOO, FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAIBLITY, PRODUCT, CAPACITY BUILDING, MPSBM
The ever-increasing global, as well as local demand for sustainable products and innovative development, has placed Bamboo and its products into the center stage as a viable revolutionary solution that addresses many issues directly and indirectly, issues such as the utilization of available natural resources, creating opportunity for people dependent on the forest for their livelihood. An innovative comprehensive approach in developing a bamboo-based production-to-consumption model offering dynamic and scientific solutions from cultivation and management of bamboo from harvesting to product development and marketing, for the bamboo that has been cultivated in forest and in private land. It requires capacity building and integration at various multi-levels of multi-dimensional activities, alongside the capacity building of the stakeholders, research, and development, and large-scale awareness building program about the potential of the bamboo sector.
The study will begin by emphasizing the various market potential opportunities associated with bamboo-based products and projects, further, it will analyze the available resources and the kind of support and fundamental changes it require for developing a consistent and sustainable raw material resource of bamboo. The study will further explore the product part and the development of resources that are required to develop a value-oriented product that can cater to a larger domestic and international market, along with the same it will also shed a light on the social requirement in terms of awareness involvement and opportunity for the people.
The study talks further about the various initiatives taken by the Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission which reflects the realization of structural change with potential for adoption and implementation in many parts of the country. Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission (MPSBM) came into existence in July 2013 with an objective of functioning as the apex coordinating organization for implementation of projects reflecting National Bamboo Mission policy in Madhya Pradesh and other similar project given for its implementation. The department with an objective of utilizing the unexplored bamboo-based resources in Madhya Pradesh, has addressed and came up with a working solution for many interdependent dimensions such as the cultural, social, ecology and economy and became a pioneer in developing a new line of innovative products in bamboo products by assisting and guiding artisan so that they can offer their product in national as well as international market, developed and integrated alongside the product and resource development. The project is a long-term mission with the objective of thoughtfully utilizing the available resources of the region and developing a sustainable operational structure within public private partnership.
The study focuses on the projects implemented via MPSBM in and around Balaghat region as it covers the majority stake in the natural bamboo resources in Madhya Pradesh and developing a sustainable model for bamboo based product may have potential of being adopted in similar or modified manner in the other similar region of the state. Following the same there is a subchapter for summarizing the SWOT of the bamboo mission along with the features of STRATEGY that has been adopted for the same and the concluding paragraph depicts the positive note of development and the road ahead signifying developing future prospects in the sector for people associated with the same.
"BAMBOO-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A case study on restructuring the triple bottom line: planet, people & profit for creating a new tripod of growth", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.c752-c758, March-2023, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303284.pdf
Volume 8
Issue 3,
March-2023
Pages : c752-c758
Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_188920
Published Paper Id: IJNRD2303284
Downloads: 000118842
Research Area: Management
Country: Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India
ISSN: 2456-4184 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.76 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2016
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