Is bamboo a renewable resource?

In answering this question, I would begin by saying that a
natural resource that can be in repeatedly grown and harvested is considered to be
renewable. I would, however, ask further questions about the sustainability of bamboo
cultivation, bamboo trade, and recycling. The purpose of such a line of inquiry would be
to find out what impacts the exploitation of bamboo has on the land upon which it is
grown, the human settlements that cultivate it, the traders that buy and sell it, the
consumers, and the environment. It is also important to know who benefits the most in
the monetary flow generated by the trading cycle of bamboo, and who is most marginalized
by it. In other words, identifying the settlements that cultivate bamboo, the trade
networks that distribute it, the end consumers that buy it, and any evidence regarding
the effects of the disposal of bamboo on the environment, would be very useful in
determining whether or not bamboo is truly a renewable source, not only from the
traditional definition, but from a greater, socio-environmental one. A broader question
could read as follows: Is bamboo a renewable and recyclable resource that does not
exhaust itself, the land or the human settlements that grow it?