concerned
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governmental and non-governmental bodies. Our result also
shows the ubiquity of bamboo in fallows irrespective of their
distance from the natural forest and fallow history. Given the
important role bamboos play in the rural livelihood in the study
area, one management option would be to transform part of these
secondary forests into bamboo forests. However, if a twinmanagement
objective of production and biodiversity conservation
is sought