[RERUN] What are tiny forests?

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What are tiny forests? Over the last few years, citizens have been planting tiny forests in towns and country settings. There are now over 2,000 across the world, all inspired by the Miyawaki method and designed to help prevent the collapse of biodiversity. Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki was born in 1928. While studying seeds and natural forests, he observed that the vast majority of Japanese forests were made by humans. Trees had been planted according to the quality of their wood, in order to build buildings or houses. The problem was that these trees weren’t the most resistant or efficient against global warming. Don’t we already have a lot of forests in Europe? What is the environmental benefit of all this? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions ! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here : What is the dangerous Blackout challenge on Tiktok? How can heatwaves impact our mental health? Who invented emojis? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices