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Can Miyawaki forests store more carbon?
Insight
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The Miyawaki Method for Creating Forests
Field Notes
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London Heat Map
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Urban Acupuncture
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New York City gets a pocket forest
Field Notes
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What is companion planting?
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2024 SUGi Fellowship | Winners
Insight
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Why we Build Biodiversity for our pocket forests to thrive
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Case study: Teufelsberg | Berlin, Germany
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New York Native Trees
Insight
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Why cities need to be more biodiverse?
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Today, concrete outweighs the carbon mass of every tree, bush and shrub on this planet.
Insight
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Plant Consciousness
Insight
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SUGi Pockets Forests for Nature Deficit Disorder
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Connecting with Nature
Insight
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An oasis for laughter
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What are disaster proofing forests?
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Urban Trees Grow Faster
Field Notes
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Why coastal forests are so important
Field Notes
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Why we need diversity?
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Nippon Steel Forest: Transforming Industrial Wastelands
Insight
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The Meiji Jingu Shrine
Insight
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The Metro Forest Bangkok, Thailand
Insight
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SUGi Pocket Forest: Urban Heat Profile
News
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Winners: SUGi x NAVA Photography Contest - 2023
Insight
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SUGi Tree Guide: Tree Shapes
Insight
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Urban Acupuncture in London
News
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SUGi Talks Podcast
Insight
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Pocket Forests cool cities.
Insight
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Building immunity through biodiversity
Insight
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Pocket Forests prevent floods
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Diverse forests absorb more CO2
Insight
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Are you plant blind?
Insight
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Trees are ecosystems
Insight
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What is the Miyawaki method?
Insight
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The Women of SUGi
Insight
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Why we create Urban Forests
Insight
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Why we plant densely
Insight
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The Chipko movement
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Trees can suffer from loneliness
Insight
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The Tree of Life
Insight
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Trees for bees
Insight
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SUGi Impact Report — 2022
Insight
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Forest gardens of North America
Insight
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Atlas Mountains forest
Insight
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Hunter gatherer ancestors of Mesolithic Europe
Insight
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The Ziarat juniper forest
Field Notes
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Why do we need biodiverse forest ecosystems to combat climate change?
News
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Winners: SUGi x NAVA Photography Contest
Insight
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The Atlantic Hazelwoods
Insight
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Maya Forest Gardens
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Church Forest, Ethiopia
Insight
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Where can you plant a Miyawaki Forest?
Field Notes
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Why do urban trees grow faster?
Insight
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Ghaf Trees
Insight
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What is forest transpiration?
Insight
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Cool Caterpillars
Insight
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Why do diverse forests store more carbon?
News
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SUGi Fellowship 2022 — Finalist
Insight
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Temperate Rainforest
Insight
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Urban Tree Cover
Field Notes
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Oak Trees — The kings of biodiversity
News
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Meet the Judges — SUGi X NAVA Photography contest
Field Notes
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What makes Miyawaki Forests unique?
Insight
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What is an ecosystem?
Insight
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What is 'Holon'?
Insight
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Why is soil preparation important in the Miyawaki Method?
News
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SUGi x NAVA Photography Contest
Field Notes
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The Miyawaki Method step by step
Insight
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The Fanal Forest
News
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Spring season has sprung
Insight
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What is biodiversity?
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SUGi Fellowship 2022
Insight
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What is soil compaction?
News
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Celebrating the Women of SUGi
Insight
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Children need nature to thrive
Insight
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Forests are social
Insight
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The Sugi Tree ( 杉 )
Insight
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Why we need forest cover?
Field Notes
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Why we use the Miyawaki Method
Insight
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Why we need forest diversity?
Insight
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Earthworms close up
Insight
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SUGi Impact Report — 2021
News
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SUGi at COP26 - Taking Direct Action
Insight
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A New Type of Forestry: Managing Forests as Communities?
Field Notes
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Weeds or Pioneering Plants?
Insight
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Urban Forests can Help Cities Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Change
Field Notes
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The rare species advantage
Insight
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