Bamboo is a renewable and versatile product, but are the ways we preserve them sustainable? Find out more about going green and the processes of making bamboo products. Tune in to Nat Geo Presents: To Bamboo or Not To Bamboo on Saturday 1 April, 7:50pm BKK/JKT, 8:50pm HKT/SIN, on National Geographic. | National Geographic Asia

The processing from raw bamboo poles to bamboo plywood Bamboos is one of the fastest-growing plants in the world, Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. Bamboo's strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber This rapid growth and tolerance for marginal land, make bamboo a good candidate for afforestation, carbon sequestration, and climate change mitigation. Are you curious about how bamboo becomes con