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)”