A mature Miyawaki pocket forest adjacent to high-density residential blocks in central Tokyo.
Topic: Urban Pocket AfforestationEco CitiesUrban ForestryBiodiversity#Urban Forestry#Climate Resilience#Biodiversity#Tokyo
Micro-Forests in Mega Cities: Why Tokyo and Paris Are Planting Pocket Woods
Using the Miyawaki afforestation technique, dense patches of native trees grow ten times faster, dropping local summer temperatures by up to four degrees Celsius.
4 min read·Sep 29, 2026
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