On sunny days, Amira Sanders, a second grader in Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, checks on her Miyawaki forest, a pocket of native plants that she’d helped plant since last year. “And they ...

The Miyawaki method is an afforestation technique for cultivating fast-growing groves of native plants, with the dense, mixed planting intended to simulate the layers of a natural forest. Originally ...

A staggering one in three people in England lack access to nature-rich spaces within a short walk from their homes. Now, a growing movement is bringing nature back to cities across the UK. The ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. When Takushi Sato left Japan for Belém, Brazil, in 1971, he never imagined what he would go through. By 2000, as the manager of a timber company ...

Disappearing bird habitats equals disappearing birds. It has been an issue of concern for at least the past 150 years. In the first study of its kind since 2019, a 2022 State of the World’s Birds ...

Kolkata: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), in association with a private learning centre, conducted a drive at Subhas Sarobar on Saturday to develop a Miyawaki forest by planting ...

Panvel: Taking a step toward eco-friendly and sustainable urban development, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a large-scale green initiative using the Miyawaki plantation method at ...

On a single day in 2019, Ethiopia famously planted 350 million trees. The same year, Turkey planted 11 million of its own. Just as fast as tree-planting has taken hold, so has the backlash. Some ...

The benefits of nature are increasingly being acknowledged, both for our health and that of our habitats. But with so much wild green space lost already, something we once took for granted needs our ...

More than 4,000 trees from 26 native species were planted on a sloped plot of land on the northeast side of Hillcrest Residence Hall from April 25 to 29. The planting was a collaborative effort ...