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Bambouku: From Soil to Skyline, Turn CO₂ Into Building Materials. 

 


 

 

We deliver large-scale, high-integrity, science-backed carbon removals through mixed bamboo and native species reforestation in Panama. As a foundation-owned enterprise, every ton of CO₂ we remove supports long-term reforestation, biodiversity, and local livelihoods.

✔ 250,000 tons CO₂/year by 2027
✔ Bamboo + Native Trees = Permanent Sinks
✔ Foundation-Owned, Purpose-Locked

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Who We Are: A Mission-Locked Reforestation Company

Bambouku is not your average carbon project developer. We are:

  • Owned by a Panamanian Foundation

  • Built for permanence, not profit extraction

  • Backed by a long-term vision to restore 125,000 hectares

 

Our governance ensures that profits feed purpose. That means:

  • No exits, no sell-outs

  • All gains reinvested in land, livelihoods, and local infrastructure

  • You buy carbon—Panama gets forests

What We Offer: Nature-Based Removals You Can Trust

Why Bamboo?

  • The fastest-growing plant on the planet

  • Ready to harvest in just a few years

  • Ideal for carbon-storing, high-strength building materials

  • Regrows without replanting—no soil degradation, no deforestation

 

Our carbon credits are: Our carbon credits are:

  • Durable: Locked in timber and biochar for 100+ years

  • Additional: Mixed-species planting on degraded private land

  • Scalable: 250,000 tCO₂e/year starting 2027

  • Social: Creating rural jobs and protecting biodiversity

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Founder and President

Boy Heemskerk is the founder of Bambouku. He was selected for the Top 25 of YECO 2024, the Youth Ecopreneur Programme of the G20 Global Land Initiative and the International Trade Centre (ITC), and currently at tropical forest restoration training through ELTI at the Yale School of the Environment. Ex ABN AMRO Bank

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Proven capacity

Our team has grown over 20 million bamboo seedlings and have executed projects planting 20,000 hectares in a single year

Bambouku is recognized by

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Selected from over 850 ecopreneur applicants, Bambouku advanced through the Bootcamp with 125 others and was chosen as one of the final 25 ecopreneurs in UN-backed Ecopreneur Accelerator.
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Get in contact with us to get your long-term offtake

Hettenheuvelweg 8

1101BN

Amsterdam

Noord Holland

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©2025 by Bambouku US LLC & Bambouku Management Corp.

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