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The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry
The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry is a viral sensation: sprouting tiny, dense, native tree cover in neighbourhoods all around the world. With the promise of afforestation at a revolutionary speed, this planting technique has become the darling of green-space enthusiasts, industry, and government
Starting in the 1970s, Miyawaki began a series of unlikely partnerships with Japanese corporations like Nippon steel, Toyota, and Mitsubishi, to plant what he called Furusato no Mori, or hometown forests on industrially degraded sites. You've got a whole bunch of entities that want to burnish their reputations and provide, you know, community services feel good experiences to the people that they serve, mostly by creating green spaces in an uncontroversial way. I did read a number of reports, mostly written by NGOs or municipalities, so gray literature, and they confirm that the Miyawaki method is an effective way to establish native cover, especially on, you know, a disturbed urban site.
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