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Invest in Australian Bamboo Plantation

The Bello Bamboo Company

Leaders in strategy, advice and Bamboo Management PO Box 388 Bellingen NSW 2454 Australia Ph: +61 488 025 626 E: info@bellobamboo.com W: bellobamboo.com

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Skill & Knowledge

Why Us?

and partner with experts internationally and locally to bring you ‘best practice’ in productive Bamboo Plantation and Management. We hold international tours and workshops with the worlds best - to accelerate our knowledge, skill and competitive advantage. We ‘create’ the change we wish to see in the world–with a world network.

Your team of advisors are experts in Business, Strategy, Law, Finances, Real Estate and International Relations. The Bamboo Management team and leaders are hand’s on. We partner with Australia & India propagation experts for our stock. Our Bellingen Region has many ‘Green Economy’ initiatives and success stories. This is the place – the ‘eco hub’ - where western IP and mind, meets eastern ancient wisdom. We are not just a Bamboo Plantation partner with you. - we are creating

We currently manage bamboo groves of over 50 varieties for timber, biomass, biochar, furniture and garden design in our region

We draw upon over 50 years of knowledge with 50 year old bamboo groves in Australia.

Our founders are strategic – with the long term in mind for a more ‘Balance Earth’. We know ‘Bamboo is the Future!’ as it is the most renewable, useful natural resource on the planet. It’s 10,000 uses can replace the dying Fossil industry.

new markets for your investment ,with Australian Universities, Government Agencies, Social Enterprises and Businesses.

Bellingen – an abundant Region

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Our groves, education &

output

Our Strategy

Invest in a Green Future

Kalang has State Forest road access to Bowraville. The two valleys are at great prices currently and Bowraville has prime land, but recently lost it’s road to Bellingen in a flood with no short term re-build in mind, plummeting the land value and causing the town to be isolated from thoroughfare tourism and traffic. A quaint town with heritage buildings, Bowraville could become an Eco-Tourism Town with a thriving industry. Both valleys tucked away – secret opportunities that only a great Strategy and vision can realize. Bello Bamboo is positioned in Kalang with premises on a 100 acre property and another location in Kalang of a Bamboo Education and Process Centre, with an office-accommodation space in prime CBD Bellingen to showcase, accommodate and host interested Investors. Ultimately a ‘Sustainability Park’ will be developed near the main highway to Brisbane and Sydney for distribution centre and ‘eco-hub’ quarters.

Bellingen Shire and surrounds becomes the ‘Western green economy’ model for the world…

Let’s create the change we

wish to see in the

world.

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Instead of you creating the market for your bamboo resource, we can offer to buy your bamboo off you. You choose.

We offer consulting to help you choose what suits your investment or time best. From 100% ownership to leasing large or small parcels of land. We also support local farmers to transition to Bamboo Plantation or use part of their land. Our Real Estate and Legal experts tailor a package to suit your needs. When the paper and digital currency falls short, land always remains of value. Be sure to invest in your future with land… with productive land!

We have researched the best processing practices and partner with University (patents and lab’s), Technology (machine, processing), Design (Architects, Industrial Designers, Building & Construction, Interior Design). We work with village projects in India so our IP and prototype is duplicated in mass, for the international market. We are ‘growing a culture of bamboo’ globally and locally.’

Our Offer

Land Selection for Sale or Lease

For productive bamboo, we recommend medium to high density planting. We source your bamboo plants from our partners in Australia and India, depending on the type-use you are looking for. Bamboo becomes profitable after 4 years with biomass, and 8 years with timber or fiber. Why not inter-plant two other fast growing and renewable crops such as Industrial Hemp and Banana. We partner with expert growers in these areas and ensure licensing and quality. We hold eco-education events.

Set up 625 clumps per hectare with hemp-banana!

Once you are set up, Bello Bamboo can look after your groves*. We have a highly motivated team of experts and support teams with appropriate licenses. You are helping rural and regional employment and education through our partner programs with local agencies. We get subsidies for some of our team to give them a go and give you competitive labor rates. When major harvest occur, we have the right equipment and we partner with experts to get your bamboo, hemp and/or banana ready. You choose the use: fiber, biochar, timber, shoots or more… It’s your bamboo, your choice and we have different service packages for you. We are building the industry around you. Carbon Credits may apply.

Manage for $800 per hectare per year*

Market

Process

Major investors - capital input and high returns. Or individual investors can lease/buy per hectare for $15K with $3K yearly return (from Yr 5) for 100 years+.

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The Market for Bamboo

Tours-Workshops with the Best

Food– Health Products

Plywood

Charcoal-Biochar, Fuel

Eco-Fiber

Textiles– Fashion

Ibuku.com, Bali

Australian Initiatives

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Why Bamboo??

If all countries contributed 0.86% area of the land for growing bamboo , the world will become carbon neutral. Bamboo is a simple solution to a complicated global warming problem.

Bamboo is a natural, renewable resource, yet many production processes are harmful to the earth and the worker. We choose only sustainable business practices and processes to support the earth and to truly support people.

An Australian company has discovered, developed and patented a revolutionary eco-friendly industrial material, derived from raw cellulose – the most abundant source of fiber on the planet. Bamboo is sustainably transformed into a strong, durable, flexible base material. Similar in look, feel and function to a dense hardwood, it can be sprayed, molded or formed into infinite shapes, sizes, colors and variations – including specialized substrates for unique applications in any industry requiring woods, plastics and resins for manufacturing. An Australian university researcher has discovered a greener version to textile and plywood production.

Earthquake friendly, fire retardant, solar passive, ecologically clean - this must be why over 1,000 million people live in houses made of bamboo or with bamboo as the key structural, cladding or roofing element. Contemporary Architects are now creating astounding bamboo buildings – large or small. Let’s not be left behind!

Second to Ocean algae! That is why it is a grass not tree. Think of grass… and how abundant and renewable it is. It also needs LESS water than wood for growth. In four to five years it can equal the strength and density of 100 year old hardwood.* (*if treated and processed properly).

It can neutralize the Carbon problem

It is the 2nd fastest growing natural resource

It can be the fiber solution to industry

It is a viable building solution. It connects the east and west

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Australia is prime target for more mining, coal-seam-gas and endless logging of overused resources. It is one of the last places of nature resource exploitation. Do we want this?

Strength in local – regional and rural economies, serve the cities. Bellingen already has a strong Food & Alternative Energy network and use. We boast clean rivers and creeks in abundance due to the high rainfall and surrounding forests and nature reserves. Now we need to develop ‘shelter-material needs & wants’ through eco-friendly products, buildings and services. Increasing local economy and employment is security for the future. Acquisition of key land is for the future. It benefits any ‘western’ investor to support the ‘eco-hub’ of a new model such as Bellingen, to then speedily duplicate this in any western country. India and China are doubling their bamboo plantation and already paper pulp is produced by bamboo more than wood products. Green Energy is China’s focus. Let us create choice so the market is not monoculture. Bamboo is so renewable and useful especially with ‘Beema’ bamboo, that it can be the sure green way to create biochar – and energy. We don’t want this new energy to be adding to the over taxing of wood forests. The world is small – the West is heavily reliant on the East (China etc..) for any basic need. Is that secure? The world is small – and we know the west is known for its dominance and opening up through security measures of vulnerable third-world-countries to ‘get their natural resource. Is that secure? It can be a simple solution – and the solution is Bamboo.

Current news, economic crisis and world environmental issues show that leaders of our economy have a vested interest to do ‘business as usual’. No government nor major corporation is really truly committed to climate change as the fossil and wood timber industries benefit centralized profits. We need to create and be the change we wish to see in the world with our own initiatives, strategies and products. We can’t wait for others to change. Western cultures boast IP, intellect and domination of markets. We can channel this ‘skill set’ to ensure our own countries and people have the necessary reliance on our own- ‘food-water-shelter-material needs & wants’

Australia holds valuable natural resources

We know the current industry and focus needs to change

Green-grass root initiatives. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Why Bamboo Today?

There are 2 ways to wealth: 1. Natural Resources 2. People

We can work with the: 1. abundance of

nature and the, 2. abundant

creativity of people.

Our current culture exploits both for gain at the cost of security and the future

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Invest in Australian Bamboo Plantation

The Bello Bamboo Company

For a tailored solution, contact us and our team of experts for accurate, wise investment advice.

LAND: Real Estate Expert

LAW: Investor Expert

TAX & Financial Expert

TECHNICAL & Industry Expert

MARKET & Product Expert

AND more…

Member of the Australian Bamboo Society

Leaders in strategy, advice and Bamboo Management PO Box 388 Bellingen NSW 2454 Australia Ph: +61 488 025 626 E: info@bellobamboo.com W: bellobamboo.com

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Bamboo & Australia