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John,

Miyawaki forests are tiny, dense, fast-growing and highly biodiverse
forests that can be planted almost anywhere.

These fully natural forests grow 10 times faster, store more carbon than
any other man-made forest, and become 20 times more biodiverse than
regular tree-planting efforts!

And Urban Forests, a cool group that plants these little eco-miracles,
need your help for their next project: planting a Miyawaki forest in the
middle of an intensive farming area in France’s Champagne region, where
biodiversity, from storks and cranes to tree frogs and grasshoppers, has
plummeted.

If enough of us chip in today, we can help plant this super-forest,
help reverse the impact of intensive farming in the area, give local
wildlife a new home and fight against industrial agriculture worldwide.

John, can we count on your support?



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Designed by Japanese botanist and university professor Akira Miyawaki,
these tiny forests use saplings from a wide variety of native tree species
planted closely together. They are meant to recreate the layers of a
natural forest and it only takes them 3 years to become self-sustaining.

In a world ravaged by deforestation, Miyawaki forests offer a solution to
the growing climate crisis. They clean the air, become a sanctuary for
endangered species, and help preserve trees and plants that would
otherwise disappear.

Their relatively small size allows them to be planted in areas drowned in
concrete, bettering the quality of life of their often low-income
residents. They can also be planted on the side of highways to purify the
air and shield nearby residents from traffic noise – or in rural farmland
regions that have been cleared out, like this project in the town of
Bezange-la-Petite, France!

The older members of this community remember hearing grasshoppers and
crickets all summer and running into small animals every single time they
left their house when they were kids. But intense farming has destroyed
that, affecting the local flora and fauna as well as the community.

A Miyawaki forest could potentially reverse that.

Your donation today will make sure that Urban Forests have the necessary
funds to nurse saplings and care for this Miyawaki forest until it becomes
self-sufficient, and expand these programs to more communities in need.

Can you rush a donation to help their efforts and support campaigning for
biodiversity everywhere?



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Miyawaki forests will not save the world by themselves but they can be an
important part of solving the climate crisis.

SumOfUs members like you have helped to plant and defend forests before.
Just a few months ago, you have helped the Tupinambá to protect their
sacred land and millennial forests in the Amazon. Even more recently, you
have chipped in to buy swaths of Indonesian rainforest and save it from
destruction.

This is the first Miyawaki forest project we try to help but if we’re
successful, we could fund many more, in urban impoverished areas, in
schools, in industrialized zones... John, eventually, we
could even potentially help YOU run your own Miyawaki forest project with
Urban Forests. 

Will you donate to help humanity grow back what it lost?



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Ibrahim, Danny and the SumOfUs team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Fast-growing mini-forests spring up in Europe to aid climate
The Guardian. 13 June 2020.
 
[ [link removed] ]Why ‘tiny forests’ are popping up in big cities
National Geographic. 22 June 2021.
 
[ [link removed] ]Effectiveness of the Miyawaki method in Mediterranean forest
restoration programs
Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 18 May 2010.
 
[ [link removed] ]The Expense Of Miyawaki Forests
CROWD FORESTING.
 
[ [link removed] ]The Miyawaki Method: A Better Way to Build Forests?
JSTOR. 24 July 2019.

 

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