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The Potential of Bamboo is Constrained by Outmoded Policy Frames

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  1. School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University Centre for the Environment University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK

    Kathleen Buckingham & Paul Jepson

  2. China National Bamboo Research Centre, 310 Wenyi Road, West Lake District, 310012, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

    Liangru Wu

  3. The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), 8 Fu Tong Dong Da Jie, Wangjing, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102, People’s Republic of China

    I. V. Ramanuja Rao & Yiping Lou

  4. The State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China, 18 Hepingli dongjie, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100714, People’s Republic of China

    Sannai Jiang

  5. Department of Wood Science, The University of Hamburg, Leuschnerstr.91, 21030, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Liese

  6. The Chinese Academy of Forestry, Sub-Tropical Forest Research Institute, 311400, Fuyang, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

    Maoyi Fu

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Buckingham, K., Jepson, P., Wu, L. et al. The Potential of Bamboo is Constrained by Outmoded Policy Frames. AMBIO 40, 544–548 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0138-4

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