Akira Miyawaki(宮脇 昭,Miyawaki Akira, born 29 January 1928) is a Japanese botanist and expert in plant ecology, specializing in seeds and the study of natural forests. He is active worldwide as a specialist in the restoration of natural vegetation on degraded land. Since 1993, he has been Professor Emeritus at Yokohama National University and Director of the Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology. He received the Blue Planet Prize in 2006.
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Since the 1970s, Akira Miyawaki has advocated the value of natural forests and the urgent need to restore them. He considers that the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro failed to protect native forests and that (except very locally) they continue to decline or deteriorate.
Miyawaki observed the trees which traditionally grew around temples, shrines, and cemeteries in Japan, such as Japanese Blue Oak, Castanopsis cuspidata, Bamboo-leaf Oak, Japanese Chestnut trees, and Machilus tunbergii (a tree from the laurel family). He showed that they were native species, relics of the primary forest. At the same time, he noted that trees such as Japanese Cedar, Cypress and Larch Pine, supposedly native to Japan, had in fact been introduced into Japan over centuries by foresters in order to produce timber. Miyawaki was led to reflect on the consequences of the change in composition and sometimes structure of the majority of Japanese forests, which are now far away from their original natural vegetation.
run, I fall, what ripped away, check my body Was it body or soul The darkness fades, fades to light Disappearing now, disappears from the night And all these nightmares I once had as a child The morning always came, it came too late What did my mind forget, forget to hide Could the nightmare be awake, I don't know In or out, up or down, never know its an illusion Round and round, on and on, every day spins my confusion Not again, not again, not again, this dream I can't awake What is real, what is real, what is real, it's getting hard for me to take What I need, what I need, what I need, a little somethin' I rely And the white sugar gently hides me Oh the sweet sugar saves me, it's the room that confines me Confines me...sweet sugar Yesterday back and forth, broken door no longer opens Breaking down, need it now, mother's sugar always loves me Not again, not again, not again, this dream I can't awake What is real, what is real, what is real, it's getting hard for me to take What I need, what I need, what I need, a little somethin' I rely And the white sugar gently hides me
A Miyawaki forest is land where thousands of native tree species are grown closely together. Pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, these forests are very dense and can be ready in two to three years.
Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, who pioneered the urban forest concept in the 1980s, had discovered that a tennis court-size plot densely planted with a variety of native trees would become a forest ...
The Miyawaki forest method involves ...Already, there are more than 280 Miyawaki-style forests nationwide ... This tree planting approach was developed by Japanese ecologist Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s .
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Four new Miyawaki forests are set to ... 'The Miyawaki method, developed in the 1970s by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, focuses on densely planting native trees, shrubs, and ground cover in small areas.
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He explains that he founded the Neher-i-Khayyam forest based on Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki’s methodology, developed in the 1950s, which involves a specific method of soil preparation and dense ...
The pocket forests are grown using the Miyawaki method, created by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, and their rapid maturation could be the solution to Perth's shadeless suburbs ... .
These pocket forests are grown using the Miyawaki method, created by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, and their rapid maturation could be the solution to Perth's shadeless suburbs ... .
Using Miyawaki method, 1,500 saplings were planted on a private land on the banks of Ganga in the district on Sunday ... The Miyawaki forest is named after Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki who developed it.
On the other side they prepared the ground and planted four trees and shrubs per square metre, following the Miyawaki method, named after the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki who pioneered the method in the 1970s.
Pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki and his “Miyawaki Method,” microforests involve the randomized planting of small saplings of various indigenous shrubs and trees, with the SMC...
Using the Miyawaki Method to ... The "Miyawaki Method" of densely planting a small area with native species was developed in the 1970s by the late Japanese botanist and plant ecologist Akira Miyawaki.
Miyawaki forests are named for the late Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, who developed a method of planting species in neglected urban plots ... A second Miyawaki forest will be planted at PlumleyVillageApartments, 16 Laurel St.
Chicago Tribune
26 Oct 2024
Chicago Tribune
26 Oct 2024