How forests the size of tennis courts transform Australian cities You’ve heard of tiny homes, but what about tiny forests? It’s a growing movement in Australia, based on Japanese ideas.

“They connect people to nature, they connect people with each other, they help with wellbeing and resilience and providing hope for the future”
#tinyforests #Biodiversity
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How a forest the size of a tennis court could transform your farm's ecosystem Behind the Japanese technique helping supercharge native habitat.

🌳 Tiny forest, big impact. 🌳

There are so many different ways landholders are boosting biodiversity and productivity outcomes on farm - the latest is inspired by a dense, multispecies, forestry system known as Miyawaki.

www.theland.com.au/story/9175702/

#AusAg #TinyForests #TreePlanting

#Abholzung #Waldsterben #Ökozid
#Indonesien #Landwirtschaft
O.k. dann mal schnell alle #tinyforests und #Aufforstung zusammen rechnen - reicht es?

Four New Tiny Forests in Wrexham Tiny Forests are mini woodlands about the size of a tennis court. They’re planted with a mix of native trees and shrubs.

#tinyforests #tinyforestwales #wrexham #wrexhamcbc

#ClimateChange #Donate #Activism #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #yyc #EnergyTransition #Urbanism #Electrification #Donations #Fundraiser #Crowdfund #Crowdfunding #Climate #abpoli #cdnpoli #TinyForests #Miyawaki #TreeEquity #Trees #Conservation

Tiny Forests can have Big Climate Equity Results 11-06-2025 Podcast Episode · KMSU Every Day Is Earth Day · 11/06/2025 · 27m

Our conversation spanned several topics including #tinyforests, community engagement, trees and #greenspace as an upstream health intervention, the health impacts of #climatechange and using action as an antidote to find hope and joy during challenging times.

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How Japanese 'tiny forests' are sweeping Scotland Grown using the Miyawaki method, fast-growing miniature forests in the middle of cities can bring surprisingly big benefits for people and the environment.

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Tiny forests: The overlooked benefits of these miniature urban woodlands Grown using the Miyawaki method, fast-growing miniature forests in the middle of cities can bring surprisingly big benefits for people and the environment.

"While smaller patches of forest have historically been somewhat dismissed as useful nature reserves, they do have benefits. One big plus is that they are easier to fit into an urban area – and thus be nearer to where most people live."
🏙️🌱🌳 #TinyForests #Benefits #Plants #Environment #Nature

🌱 These stats show why Tiny Forests are so important

But numbers alone don’t tell the full story. The real impact lies with the people who are involved. 🌍💚

🎙️ Podcast here 👉https://www.buzzsprout.com/2393977/episodes/17793917

#ClimateAction #TinyForests #UrbanNature #CommunityPower #Biodiversity

the big story of tiny forests I used to get quite a few stories from Earthwatch Europe back in the noughties, when they sent expeditions to lots of places around the world. Nowadays they focus on issues closer to home such as butterfly counts and water quality, so there aren't so many different ecosystems involved, hence fewer features to write (although I did one on citizen science in 2021). Recently I heard a talk from Claire Narraway at the Oxford Cafe Scientifique about their tiny forests programme, and was intrigued by the way the idea has travelled around the world, pioneered in Japan by Akira Miyawaki, and being scaled up in India, to arrive on some 300 tennis-court-sized plots in the UK. So I wrote a feature about it and also went to the local tiny forest in Meadow Lane to take a few photos. My feature is out now: **How tiny forests became a big thing** Current Biology Volume 35, Issue 12, 23 June 2025, Pages R587-R589 Restricted access to full text and PDF download (will become open access one year after publication) Magic link for free access (first seven weeks only) See also my new Mastodon thread where I will highlight all this year's CB features. My mastodon posts are also mirrored on Bluesky (starting 22.2.2025), but for this purpose I have to post them again, outside of the thread. (I think threads only transfer if the first post was transferred, so once I start a new thread it should work.) Last year's thread is here . Oxford's very own tiny forest in Meadow Lane. Own photo.

this week's #CurrentBiology feature: how #tinyForests planted with the #Miyawaki method became a big thing proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-big-story-of... #science #ecology #forests #ecosystemServices #conservation #earthwatch #citizenScience #tinyforest

Wie Stadtobst auf Dauer gedeiht Tiny Forests, Urban Gardening und Stadtobst: Mehr Grün ist in immer mehr Städten populär. Wer aber kümmert sich um die Pflege der Pflanzen? Und kann man überhaupt essen, was zwischen Abgaswolken wächs...

#TinyForests #UrbanGardening #Stadtobst

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This guidebook was developed with our Tree Equity program and designed to support communities in taking action towards climate resiliency and adaptation.

LEARN MORE: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/forests_for_...

#yyc #TreeEquity #Miyawaki #MiniForests #TinyForests

A wide shot of the meadow above Mutton Brook, with loads of volunteers in the distance with shovels, a mobile cafe and generator, a film crew and a handful of red Goodgym t-shirts. Behind them is a thin line of trees, still bare of leaves from winter, and a row of traffic on the North Circular at Henley's Corner, then some blocks of flats.

Epic day yesterday with #Goodgym Barnet. We helped plant a whopping 3 new #tinyforests. All in, volunteers, school children and local residents plugged 1800 trees into the ground!

And we made the BBC!
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"What's inspired me the most since I started volunteering with The Hub has been the response by the public in communities to the many forests that we're planting. When we plant one of these #TinyForests we have so many people signing up!" #Hope #Inspiration #yyc #Activism #Advocacy #Volunteering

#12DaysOfPodcasts #Trees #Forests #Climate #abpoli #ClimatePodcasts #TinyForests #Miyawaki #TreeEquity #yyc bsky.app/profile/clim...

#12DaysOfPodcasts

Day 6 - June 19

"Calgary Wants Trees!!!"

Guest - The Hub's #Nature Node including @druhfarrell.bsky.social & @robjmiller.bsky.social

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#Trees #Forests #Climate #abpoli #ClimatePodcasts #TinyForests #Miyawaki #TreeEquity #yyc

#TinyForests #TreePlanting #Trees #yyc #Climate

Looking for another reason to donate to the Calgary Climate Hub for our fundraising drive? Who else do you know that got trees into the ground in Calgary during 2024 and is going to get more planted in 2025?
#ForestsForCalgary #TinyForests #yyc

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Japan-style ‘tiny forests’ are taking root in British cities Interviews with tree experts reveal that while half of them supported the Miyawake method, especially in specific urban areas, concerns remained about tree mortality and high costs.

Japan-style 'tiny forests' are sprouting up in British cities, but are they enough to counter urban biodiversity loss? We need systemic changes, not just small-scale green patches. #UrbanBiodiversity #TinyForests #ClimateAction theconversation.com/japan-style-...

Gleich um 19:00 Uhr geht's los in Dietzenbach, unser Abend über #TinyForests. Einfach vorbeikommen!
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Sei dabei und bring Deine Fragen und Ideen mit. Gemeinsam können wir den Wandel gestalten! 💚
#TinyForests #Klimaschutz #GrüneStädte
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🌳 Tiny Forests: Kleine Wälder, große Wirkung! 🌿
Wir laden Dich herzlich zu unserer Informations- und Diskussionsveranstaltung zum Thema »Tiny Forests« ein!
📅 Wann? MORGEN, Freitag, 29.11. um 19:00 Uhr
📍 Wo? Capitol #Dietzenbach (Tagungsräume)
#TinyForests #Klimaschutz
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Lasst uns gemeinsam diskutieren, wie wir unsere Stadt nachhaltiger gestalten können, indem wir z.B. über konkrete Standorte in #Dietzenbach nachdenken!
Sei dabei und bring Deine Fragen und Ideen mit. Gemeinsam🤝 können wir den Wandel gestalten! 💚
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#TinyForests #Klimaschutz #GrüneStädte

Erfahre mehr über diese innovativen Mini-Ökosysteme #TinyForests, die unsere Städte grüner, kühler und lebenswerter machen können.
Die Expertin Anke Pavlicek (Agraringenieurin) wird Dich mit spannenden Einblicken in ihr bereits wachsendes Projekt in Darmstadt begeistern!
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Sharepic zu Vortrags- und Diskussionsveranstaltung über 'Tiny Forests'; zu sehen ist ein Teil eines Mini-Wäldchens mit Weg in der Mitte und Hölzzäunen

🌳🌿Tiny Forests: Kleine Wälder, große Wirkung!🍃🌱
Wir laden Dich herzlich zu unserer Informations- und Diskussionsveranstaltung zum Thema »Tiny Forests« ein!
📅 Wann? Freitag, 29.11. um 19:00 Uhr
📍 Wo? Capitol #Dietzenbach (Tagungsräume)
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#TinyForests #Klimaschutz #GrüneStädte

🌳 Frankfurt geht kreativ gegen die Klimakrise vor! Tiny Forests bringen Artenvielfalt in die Stadt und verbessern das Mikroklima. Wie wichtig sind solche Initiativen für die Zukunft deiner Stadt?

#TinyForests #Klimaschutz www.t-online.de/region/frankfurt-am-main...

"The #TinyForests system was developed by Japanese ecologist Akira #Miyawaki. His approach has now spread around the world & involves jumpstarting a mature forest, moving quickly into that later stages of growth, so we get forest within a few decades rather than 100s of years"