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"On the far eastern edge of Paris, along the outer rim of the infamously
traffic-clogged périphérique ring road, a radical method for reforestation has
begun to show green shoots of hope in the most unexpected circumstances.
There’s a dense, green thicket of more than 30 species of trees and plants —
willows, elms, oaks, limes, poplars and more — towering above what is an
otherwise unloved, concrete-filled corner of the French capital.
“Look at it, it’s like a jungle,” says Damien Saraceni, co-founder of
Boomforest, the French nonprofit behind the project. “This has all grown in
just a few years. It brings so many different benefits. And we don’t do
anything to maintain it.”
Founded in 2017, Boomforest is taking an approach to reforestation known as the
Miyawaki method. Developed by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki in the
1970s, the concept is to plant tree species that are native to the area in a
very dense and layered manner — three per square meter — in order to recreate
the richly fertile conditions of the natural primitive forests that once
covered the planet. It is in contrast to the slower, more orderly and
homogeneous processes of traditional reforestation.
Proponents claim that this method can produce a self-sufficient forest in just
three years and that these forests grow faster, are denser and contain greater
biodiversity than conventional forests. A Miyawaki forest in Japan, according
to his own research, can grow one meter a year and can reach maturity in 15 to
20 years — 10 times faster than the average. What’s more, they can in theory be
cultivated in all kinds of unconventional locations: roundabouts, factories,
schoolyards, or indeed, ring roads."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
