The Miyawaki Method of micro-forestry

Summary

Introduction Voiceover 00:01You are listening to Season Six of Future Ecologies. Adam Huggins 00:07Hello? Mendel Skulski 00:08Hey, Adam. Adam Huggins 00:09Oh, hey, Mendel, what's up? Actually, I'm at work right now. Do you think we could- Mendel Skulski 00:13No, no, that's perfect. Listen. Can I make you a pitch? I think I've got something you might really like. Adam Huggins 00:19Okay, make it quick. Mendel Skulski 00:21Adam, are you tired of trying to restore ecosystems, only to have them be overtaken by weeds? Adam Huggins 00:29I mean, story of my life. Mendel Skulski 00:31Do you gaze in despair at the dry, crusty soil, desperately hoping it will come back to life? Adam Huggins 00:40I mean, that's, that's embellishing a bit, but sure, why not? Mendel Skulski 00:43Do you watch helplessly as the trees you've planted succumb one by one to drought, disease and the hungry mouths of ravenous insects? Adam Huggins 00:57I mean, occasionally, but that's, that's, that's not the norm. Mendel Skulski 01:01Well, do I have an offer for you. What if I told you that there's a revolutionary new way of planting, not just trees- Social Media medley 1 01:10But creating these tiny, dense, thriving forests, this tiny forest behind me here grows 10 times faster, 30 times denser, and will be 100 times more biodiverse than conventional ways of planting trees. Social Media medley 2 01:23The forest is designed to rapidly become a climax forest, an ecosystem that, in nature, could take hundreds of years to form Social Media medley 3 01:33[Hindi] With this technique you can create a forest ecosytem in less time. Such forests can grow in 20 years to become like a 150-year-old forest. Social Media medley 4 01:41This barren land went from this to this in less than a year, thanks to a special afforestation method started by a Japanese botanist decades ago, the so called Miyawaki method... Adam Huggins 01:55The Miyawaki method. Mendel Skulski 01:57The Miyawaki method! These tiny forests are poppin...