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Trees Are Ecosystems

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Green walls stop floodings

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Pocket forests can power up to 30 lives

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Concrete Jungle to Sponge City

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200-year-old forest in 20 years

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In Search of Light by David Olayide

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Forest Succession: Nature's Path to Resilience

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5 Steps to Create a Pocket Forest

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The Urban Time Warp

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The Urban Green Space Gap

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The Environmental Impact of Suburban Sprawl by Peter Essick

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Where Can You Plant a Pocket Forest?

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What Are Green Deserts?

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SUGi Pocket Forests – Cape Town

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Yvy-Mara Ey (Tierra Sin Mal / Land Without Evil) by Mauricio Holc

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2024 SUGi x NAVA Photography Contest – Winners

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What Are Disaster Proofing Forests?

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What Are Pollinator Pathways?

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Can Miyawaki Forests Store More Carbon?

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The Miyawaki Method for Creating Forests

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London Heat Map

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What Is Urban Acupuncture?

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New York City Gets a Pocket Forest

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What Is Companion Planting?

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2024 SUGi Fellowship | Winners

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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

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Why Do Cities Need to Be More Biodiverse?

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Concrete Outweighs the Carbon Mass of Every Tree, Bush, and Shrub on this Planet

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Are Plants Conscious?

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SUGi Pockets Forests for Nature Deficit Disorder

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Connecting with Nature

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An Oasis for Laughter

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SUGi Tree Guide: Tree Bark

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Don't Look Up!

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Urban Trees Grow Faster

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Why Are Coastal Forests So Important?

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Why Do We Need Plant Diversity?

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Nippon Steel Forest: Transforming Industrial Wastelands

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The Meiji Jingu Shrine

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The Metro Forest Bangkok, Thailand

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SUGi Pocket Forest: Urban Heat Profile

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Winners: SUGi x NAVA Photography Contest - 2023

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Abu Dhabi's Forgotten Planting Project

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SUGi Tree Guide: Tree Shapes

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Urban Acupuncture in London

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Pocket Forests Cool Cities

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Building Immunity Through Biodiversity

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Pocket Forests Prevent Floods

Diverse Forests Absorb More CO2

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Are You Plant Blind?

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What Is the Miyawaki Method?

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The Women of SUGi

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Why We Create Urban Forests

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Why We Plant Densely

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The Chipko Movement

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Trees Can Suffer From Loneliness

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The Tree of Life

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Trees for Bees

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SUGi Impact Report ­— 2022

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Forest Gardens of North America

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Atlas Mountains Forest

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Hunter Gatherer Ancestors of Mesolithic Europe

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The Ziarat Juniper Forest

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Why Do We Need Biodiverse Forest Ecosystems to Combat Climate Change?

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Winners: SUGi x NAVA Photography Contest 2022

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The Atlantic Hazelwoods

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Maya Forest Gardens

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Church Forest, Ethiopia

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Where Can You Plant a Miyawaki Forest?

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Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster?

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Ghaf Trees

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What Is Forest Transpiration?

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Cool Caterpillars

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Why Do Diverse Forests Store More Carbon?

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SUGi Fellowship 2022 — Finalist

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Temperate Rainforest

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Urban Tree Cover

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Oak Trees — The Kings of Biodiversity

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Meet the Judges — SUGi X NAVA Photography contest

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What Makes Miyawaki Forests Unique?

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What Is an Ecosystem?

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What Is 'Holon'?

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Why Is Soil Preparation Important in the Miyawaki Method?

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SUGi x NAVA Photography Contest

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The Fanal Forest

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Spring Season Has Sprung

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What Is Biodiversity?

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SUGi Fellowship 2022

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What Is Soil Compaction?

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Celebrating the Women of SUGi

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Children Need Nature to Thrive

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Forests Are Social

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The Sugi Tree ( 杉 )

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Why Do We Need Forest Cover?

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Why We Use the Miyawaki Method

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Why Do We Need Forest Diversity?

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Earthworms Close Up

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SUGi Impact Report ­— 2021

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SUGi at COP26 - Taking Direct Action

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A New Type of Forestry: Managing Forests as Communities?

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Weeds or Pioneering Plants?

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Urban Forests Can Help Cities Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Change

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The Rare Species Advantage

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Why Do We Need Urban Forests?