Miyawaki Forests are a "cheap, secret weapon to fighting climate change." Using a range of native trees and shrubs, they not only draw down carbon, but foster native biodiversity. Completely maintenance-free, they become wild and native forest after just three years.
“Let nature be nature” is a powerful principle—let peatlands, grasslands, and forests continue to do what they do best by protecting them from human disturbance. Where ecosystems have been degraded, restoration can help them recuperate form and function, including absorbing and storing more carbon over time.
By planting a range of native species, we recreate a self-sufficient system in which the different native plants provide crucial habitat for other animal, insect, fungal and bacterial life to thrive.
We are restoring native ecosystem using the Miyawaki Technique, which is a proven Japanese technique used to create forests in all different ecosystems around the world.
30 times more dense compared to conventional landscaping.
30 times better noise and pollution reduction.
30 times better Carbon-dioxide absorption as compared to conventional landscaping.
They are chemical and fertiliser-free forests that sustain themselves and support local biodiversity.
Creating new forests where there were none before is the aim of afforestation. Degraded pasture and agricultural lands, or other lands corrupted from uses such as mining, are ripe for strategic planting of trees and perennial biomass.
Afforestation creates a carbon sink, drawing in and holding on to carbon and distributing it into the soil. When it comes to climate change, however, not all trees are created equal. The right species must be planted and they must live to maturity. Location also matters. Plants are happiest in their native habitats, and this is most likely where they have the highest carbon-capturing capacities.
Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki devised a completely different method of afforestation. His fast-growing, dense plots of native species show that afforestation can draw down carbon, while supporting biodiversity, addressing human needs for firewood, food, and medicine, and providing ecosystem services such as flood and drought protection.
* excerpted from the book, Drawdown
