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Miyawaki The Miyawaki method is an approach to rewilding that involves surveying the potential natural vegetation of a site, regenerating a living forest floor and soil microbiome, and planting native species densely to encourage growth. Miyawaki Forests can boost biodiversity, cooling, water cycling, resilience to climate extremes, and environmental equity and education in urban areas.
The Miyawaki method is an approach to rewilding that involves surveying the potential natural vegetation of a site, regenerating a living forest floor and soil microbiome, and planting native species densely to encourage growth. Miyawaki Forests can boost biodiversity, cooling, water cycling, resilience to climate extremes, and environmental equity and education in urban areas.
What are these tiny forests’ big benefits anyway?
What a thrilling week it has been! Since last Thursday’s New York Times article Tiny Forests with Big Benefits, my teammates and I at Bio4Climate have been buzzing with excitement at the recognition our forests and this type of restoration is getting. We are so thrilled by the enthusiasm of people’s responses, from interest in…
Our First Miyawaki Forest Turns Two
Our community grows alongside our first Miyawaki forest! In September of 2021, we planted our first Miyawaki forest – the first in the Northeastern U.S. – in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the forest turns two, and demonstrates signs of resilient, abundant growth, the Bio4Climate team gathered with local forest enthusiasts to reflect and celebrate the ecosystem…
Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild our Communities
Bulu mini-forest in Cameroon after 19 months; Photo: Agborkang Godfred Hannah Lewis, Compendium Editor for Biodiversity for a Liveable Climate and freelance writer The Miyawaki Method The Miyawaki Method is a way to grow natural, mature forests in a couple of decades rather than a couple of centuries. You do this by observing what happens…
Miyawaki Forests and the Meaning of Regeneration
As many people know through firsthand experience, we planted the Northeast’s first Miyawaki Forest last weekend. After several months of planning, discussion, and organization, we gathered in Danehy Park in North Cambridge to create the forest. This was the part I participated in, but like so much of our work at Biodiversity for a Livable…