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The OICR Living Forest Initiative, After Akira Miyawaki

  • The Oregon Institute for Creative Research 1826 Southeast 35th Avenue Portland, OR, 97214 United States (map)

Readings and Videos

The Global Forest Goals Report 2021, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
https://www.un.org/esa/forests/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Global-Forest-Goals-Report-2021.pdf

Elizabeth Hewitt, “Why ‘Tiny Forests’ Are Popping up in Big Cities” (Community forests the size of a basketball court can make an outsized difference, providing shade, attracting plants and animals, and even storing a bit of carbon), National Geographic, June 22, 2021
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/why-tiny-forests-are-popping-up-in-big-cities

Clara Manuel (for Urban Forests), “The Miyawaki Method—Data & Concepts,” Urban Forests Company, 2020
http://urban-forests.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Urban-Forests-report-The-Miyawaki-method-%E2%80%93-Data-concepts.pdf
The Urban Forests’ website contains a trove of information

Wageningen University and Research, “Tiny forest Zaanstad: Citizen scientist and determining biodiversity in tiny forest zaanstad”
https://edepot.wur.nl/446911

IVN Natuureducatie. Maarten Bruns, Daan Bleichrodt, Essi Laine, Karin van Toor, Wim Dieho, Louwra Postma, and Marten de Groot (PEFC), “Handbook, Tiny Forest Planting Method”
https://www.ivn.nl/tinyforest/tiny-forest-worldwide/resources-and-downloads

IVN Natuureducatie, “A Little Bit of Nature, a Big Influence”
https://www.ivn.nl/tinyforest/tiny-forest-worldwide/resources-and-downloads

Design-Essentialz, “Miyawaki Method of Plantation I Afforestation I Akira Miyawaki I Man Made Forest I urban forest”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5jtg2q1gnU&t=1s

Shubhendu Sharma, “How to Plant a Tiny Forest near You”
https://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_how_to_plant_a_tiny_forest_near_you?language=en

Shubhendu Sharma, “An Engineer’s Vision for Tiny Forests Everywhere”
https://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_an_engineer_s_vision_for_tiny_forests_everywhere?language=en

IVN Natuureducatie, “Tiny Forest Documentary about the Effects of the Miyawaki Method in the Netherlands”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHVQtDtlMk

Dialynn Dwyer, “The first Miyawaki forest in the Northeast was planted in Cambridge. Organizers hope it’s just the start”
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/10/20/miyawaki-forest-danehy-park-cambridge/

USA TODAY, “First Miyawaki Forest planted in the Northeast in Massachusetts”
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/weather/2021/11/02/first-miyawaki-forest-planted-northeast-massachusetts/6242473001/

Mirrornownews, “Forests grow 10x faster and 30x denser: What is the "Miyawaki method" that is restoring native forests and greening urban Mumbai?”
https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/article/forests-grow-10x-faster-and-30x-denser-what-is-the-miyawaki-method-that-is-restoring-native-forests-and-greening-urban-mumbai/830228

Azeem Samar, “Karachi municipality to grow 300 Miyawaki forests”
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/karachi-municipality-to-grow-300-miyawaki-forests-1.83524816

DeccanChronicle, “TUDA plans more Miyawaki forests in Tirupati rural”
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/131021/tuda-plans-more-miyawaki-forests-in-tirupati-rural.html

Wire, “Miyawaki-style mini forest to be planted in Nottingham city park”
https://westbridgfordwire.com/miyawaki-style-mini-forest-to-be-planted-in-nottingham-city-park/

Manisha Lal Arora and Ramesh Sable, “Mumbai suburbs get ‘urban forest’ with Miyawaki method”
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/toi-original/mumbai-suburbs-get-urban-forest-with-miyawaki-method/videoshow/87568047.cms

Himanshu Nitnaware, “26-YO Creates 8 Miyawaki Forests on Dry Land, Helps 1200 Farmers Boost Their Income”
https://www.thebetterindia.com/263797/rajasthan-miyawaki-forest-how-to-grow-dry-land-farmer-increase-income/

To Save the World, “80 Miyawaki Forest”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfPw5VTNZr4

Frome Town Council, “Tiny Forests—Presentation and Q&A”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVWUBCRYad0

For further readings on trees and forests, see OICR “Readings for Now” Seminar [#7]: “What Would a Bird Be without a Tree, a Tree without a Bird? & the Involuntary Whispering of the Trees” and “Readings for Now” Seminar [#8]: “Why a Forest Should Never Be a Laboratory (With a special note to Colleges of Forestry: Please stop trying to turn forests into laboratories)”