Eco India: In space-strapped Mumbai, citizens are using a Japanese technique to create green cover

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Our top story this week looks at the Miyawaki technique, a Japanese afforestation method named after its developer botanist Akira Miyawaki, and how creating dense man-made plantations using this technique can improve the local ecosystems and bring back the lost native species.
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Script & Associate Producer: Shibika Suresh
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Assistant Producer: Gautam Phadnis
Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu
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[@HeavyLikesSandwich]

I live in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in a place called Vadavalli which is at the outskirts of the city. When I first bought my home here there were no trees and it used to get extremely hot and dusty during summers so I started planting trees around my house and in the neighboring empty land. 9 years later every space surrounding my house is covered in trees and vegetation and I can feel the difference as my home is much cooler than before and I don't get dust allergies anymore. Trees are truly a gift by mother Earth!

[@AK-ii6vn]

Great job. Hope your neighbours get inspired and follow the same.

[@binduvasudevan3372]

HeavyLikesSandwich Well done sir.

[@kittyman7015]

@HeavyLikesSandwich Great!

[@Telugu_Vlogs_Off]

Super

[@EstanciaTimesDocumentary]

True..my place too..we have planted trees to deter the dust and smoke from vehicles

[@DhavalPatel-jy7qy]

Eco India should be shown in every school in India for conservation of nature.

[@asifasyed230]

Not only schools , even the parents should be.

[@ddsmile8087]

Every school in the world I'm an american we need more trees however I think food trees should be included in the mix

[@ddsmile8087]

Agree

[@ddsmile8087]

@Hayden Massalsky I would love to see Australia covered in trees I know it's mostly dessert there I wonder however if more trees would help with all the water problems there I seen the fires it has made me so sad especially the people that keep saying you need less trees to protect property's from being destroyed

[@Tameinsight]

@@ddsmile8087 they said names of native medicinal and spice trees as well. Fruit trees are included for fauna to thrive.

[@tennesseejacks]

I love these eco stories.

[@justinrobinson4732]

This is fantastic and great to see, we are trying to do the same in the UK through the same principles. I hope this scheme has fantastic success in India

[@greenyatra5735]

Let us know, if you require any help :)

[@swetsagar]

This technique can help in reducing desertification which is a growing concern in India. Thanks for the information

[@greenyatra5735]

You can get more details about Mumbai's 1st Miyawaki Urban Forest in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGiYk6Bvosx_n5I

[@CatsOfMarrakech]

yes and then you just mix plant cellulose with sand. and then the sand becomes moist. and then you can green the desert with any luck

[@teej898]

And the world

[@NoneOfTheAbove123]

It helped me restore my faith in humanity.

[@AK-ii6vn]

We really need more such oasis in this ever expanding concrete desert.

[@gaurimohadarkar7125]

Sir can I join ur organization

[@greenyatra5735]

@@gaurimohadarkar7125 pls write us on [e-mail]

[@shivenpatel970]

We could pet a plant !

[@eswaribalan164]

Is there a whatsapp group? I dont do emails now. But live your yathra concept.

[@baradbrijesh8618]

I live in kodinar,gujrat.we have few trees in our angan.every monsoon my parents insist on cutting down trees and cover the floor with pavement tiles,but i always protest no to chop down trees,i love my native trees.

[@ragemodels]

BLESS THESE ECO WARRIORS!!!!!

[@greenyatra5735]

Thank you :)

[@manindermann8164]

Great work God bless you all .Kindly teach all school students to understand every persons responsibility to mother earth. Sustainable solution

[@greenyatra5735]

We are working in lots of schools to sensitize young minds for a green future

[@asifasyed230]

Every builder should start vertical gardening , water recycle techniques . Everyone should take care of plants and trees of their neighborhood . We have to learn from Japan a lot ,about water saving and to save environment.

[@ishelishan3435]

Seeing such good news makes me happy, Thank you It's so positive 👏👏

[@swatisonawane1192]

Thanks guys I really pray to God to give that kind of vision in every single heart on this planet thanks a lot again

[@greenyatra5735]

You can get more details about Mumbai's 1st Miyawaki Urban Forest in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGiYk6Bvosx_n5I

[@SM-pr4gk]

Come to kerala , each gram panchayat is going for this method

[@shubhamkumar-ov4nz]

Yes come in moplah for genocide also and missionaries for conversion and hating religion and culture on the name of secularism

[@ishelishan3435]

Are they? I don't know , but some people are aware of planting trees, preserving nature , yes that helps. On gods grace kerala still have its greenery. In comment section spotted a hater may be a sanghi or paid bjp it cell ka admi , who always flirt with religion , spread hatred hide the truth Always tell lies, we know your agenda. We have good people among themselves to oppose your shitty propagandas

[@SM-pr4gk]

@hyerilovesfood which grama panchayat do you belong ?

[@SM-pr4gk]

@@shubhamkumar-ov4nz ok, thanx for history class. Now use your hate to protect the citizens of this country from air pollution , deforestation and single use plastic. Our PM talks abt them. Be a good bhakt.

[@SM-pr4gk]

@@ishelishan3435 ignore karo. Reacting to them is fuel to their hatred. #plantTree #EnlightenTheBlinded

[@chethanas369]

U people are publishing awesome content. Each and every story is very inspiring and conveying good msg to the people. Keep doing ur awesome work.

[@atulkumar-pk8dk]

This is such a brilliant initiatives, hats off to these men, these people have taken upon themselves to make things better and its really commendable

[@greenyatra5735]

Thank you! You can get more details about Mumbai's 1st Miyawaki Urban Forest in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGiYk6Bvosx_n5I

[@samratmondal9524]

It's beautiful to live nature🌿🍃🌿🍃🌿🍃 if every human being understand important of nature our world is more beautiful

[@PrinceKumar-hh6yn]

Wow...thanks @SCROLL for bringing such stories

[@MsAshu29]

Best channel ever.. watched every video of yours.. thank u so much ... for inspiring us..

[@mansinghnayak9634]

U r the trend setters... I salute you all 🙏

[@greenyatra5735]

You can get more details about Mumbai's 1st Miyawaki Urban Forest in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGiYk6Bvosx_n5I

[@subhamchoudhury3124]

Indian Private NEWS Topics:-Pakistan,Politics, Ram Mandir. Shame On Media. It's Better To See DD India, D.W(Hindi) To Better Knowledge 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@gopalakrishnasn5311]

A very good effort indeed. The man who took up the task of growing trees there needs to be loved and honoured. This model needs to be replicated in other places also. Big companies should take up similar projects as part of their CSR and should also finance such initiatives by NGOs.

[@eswaribalan164]

Wonderful, just keep the trees going, love to all you mumbai treebais.

[@aruns7472]

Nice video Your content and making of videos are very good and pls upload more videos .

[@leeluv96]

I've been watching many of these videos on the innovations India has been putting in place to improve conditions there, also the clean up efforts to reduce pollution and bring back lakes and beaches. Once they fix the land problems, the heat problems, the pollution problems, the infestructure problems, next if they would begin to love and care for their women, I men really care for them. If the women would in turn really do the same. If they all would begin to really love their children, fiercely protect them, and hold them in high esteem as their most precious assets, things in India would begin to start healing in many ways. India would have more of a fighting chance to end corruption, end drug use, end the sex trade, and end pedophilia, end the slavery, end the caste system. They've always had the tools to do it. Do you know how old India is? It's so old that most of the neighboring asian countries got the building blocks of how to manage their societies from india. If india went back to their ancient governing principles then they would essentially be poised to returning to being a paradise on earth. Once they turn away from European/ western ways, and re-adopt their own ways, while mixing in ONLY the modern things that work for India, their would be no stopping them.

[@aditisk99]

What about exploding population??? For me, it's the primary problem.

[@leeluv96]

@@aditisk99 you are correct but that's a problems for many countries.

[@alexabraham9035]

Excellent scroll. You guy are pure awesome 😍

[@bhavna569]

How can I be volunteer for these Wonderful NGOs

[@jithujoseph3276]

i also want to volunteer but have no idea how to

[@siddharthsingh8946]

Plant trees near your house , tell your friends to plant , that's enough . You don't need to be a part of NGOs.

[@swamirajtanawade9536]

Your channel deserves 10m subscribers..

[@swamirajtanawade9536]

@AminFromKZbin but it is improving slowly and steadily as viewers are getting more mature

[@ddsmile8087]

Billions subscribers I love this channel

[@rsingh1252]

I'm researching this for my thesis!

[@greenyatra5735]

Let's us know if you need any help from our end.

[@dineshthakur4046]

realllllyyyyyy good job guys

[@ratnasoundarya]

Loving all the ECO stories! Keep it up!

[@rutikgadage1868]

Great ❤️ We need it We need eco India.

[@karthiklakshmi]

Thanks for helping me imagine a greener world that I can create myself! Pranam.

[@bayezidhtanu2907]

Love from Bangladesh !

[@pocketmonster3279]

Such great cinematography and content.

[@LaFayVerte]

Beautiful! All around the World Please!

[@waseed6607]

Great peoples do great videos salute scroll team

[@fiona3101]

Wow ! The concept is really interesting

[@ayeshasultana8680]

Kis ne dislike Kia.....by da wy salute to the founder nd the labour who made this forest....every city of India should follow this

[@ashwinbroadcast]

Great effort , kudos to the effort of this team.

[@sharmilagujatti4677]

They doing a great work for mankind

[@greenyatra5735]

Thank you! You can get more details about Mumbai's 1st Miyawaki Urban Forest in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGiYk6Bvosx_n5I

[@HoneyBadgerz]

The videography acts as a dopamine/endorphins for the mind.

[@aniketmarathe1328]

This is one of my favorite channels ❤️ Great content, always!

[@gaganjoshi3972]

Godspeed & Kudos 👍👏

[@thoprann]

Loved it...

[@sooraj1497]

Thanks for the positivity scroll.in

[@sitaramsreeram]

Suprb environmentalists and founder

[@greenyatra5735]

Thank you! You can get more details about Mumbai's 1st Miyawaki Urban Forest in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGiYk6Bvosx_n5I

[@mamtadasa9727]

Ur channel should be in top

[@shamshermann]

Excellent. This is very inspiring

[@anilmhjn]

👏👏👏👏👏 great work being done...

[@abhishekwaje9041]

I am a regular viewer of dw

[@kiranseth4960]

Nice it shud extend all over the country

[@farhan2373]

People you're doing really amazing work! We also want people like you in Pakistan

[@sudiptamaiti7]

Avengers Who u People R The Real Heroes 🤗

[@mayankdandhare3342]

Well done team ✌️

[@megha7171]

Liked the concept. But surely we can't bring back that natural existing biodiversity which lasted about 100 years . More stress should be given for saving our old rainforests and rejuvenating them

[@alkaarora3305]

I think this method can help in doing the same. U heard the man Nature's taking its course. Birds are transporting seeds from other forests to these forests. Meaning the existing biodiversity is being revived. Although Interestingly I think we only need to abandon a place and nature will eventually take its course bringing back life to the place.

[@megha7171]

@@alkaarora3305 in the same way v need to protect the existing rain fotests like western ghats. It's like india's lungs. We shud not b ignorant about the massive destruction happening here . Since I'm from Karnataka we ppl are witnessing it. Like the drastic climate changes .

[@manjunathbs7746]

@@megha7171 yes government should declare them as living entity and protect them

[@mahesht2894]

Good sir. No words to say

[@liawatson5789]

Wonderful ❤

[@neethuantony]

Yes we should have it in all our societies, grow area for herbs and vegetables & compost pits and if possible if every family could keep houseplants that gives oxygen it will improve our health as well

[@nishantthakor2970]

Thank you so much

[@ayusharchives644]

Very much appreciated

[@akhileshpathak5034]

Excellent

[@subhasreeb2866]

Please add morning fix too. It was really good too!

[@nishantthakor2970]

Great work ......

[@christinetereapii6418]

Brilliant stories

[@arunjai7816]

I really miss daily fix please bring it back.😔

[@CalebKalli]

It’s sad how disconnected our people have become from where we’ve always lived ☹️

[@deepudingle1147]

I want to join your organization what are the formality

[@dikshakumari3094]

What transformation 👌

[@docrex1678]

Nice video..... Even more ironic is that a South Indian is reviving green space around Mumbai.... What happened to the Sena's Marathi manoos?

[@rajucereda5435]

Salute aap ko

[@saurabhkumar-jo4bd]

I have 5 bighas of land and I want to do the same

[@rikkishaw5008]

Nice idea I agree to you op

[@arnabroychoudhury8064]

Just go on in net and search miyawaki method. If you have less money than go for conventional plantation methods.

[@jaishambosainath4469]

Go for fruit forest

[@ayeshasultana8680]

Me too I have vry small quantity of land bt I want plant so many trees over there

[@aaryansetia9093]

8:25 That is a Giant African Snail.It is an exotic species,not native to India.It is one of the most damaging snails in the world because it consumes at least 500 types of plants and can cause structural damage to plaster and stucco structures. This snail can also carry a parasitic nematode that can lead to meningitis in humans. One of the most damaging snails in the world. If you find it,you can take it home and make an enclosure for it(search on google how to make its enclosure)and can keep it as a pet.

[@nehachawla3139]

Good work sir

[@poojaudainiya8745]

very nice .after watching this I m felling good.

[@sauravbhagalpur017]

Very nice 👌

[@38.nadeemahmedmunshi46]

Want to implement it in Kolkata

[@pulkit_maurya]

I also want to start this ASAP am in last year of my college life

[@ranjitkumarpanda128]

Awesome project, I am a botanist, can I help something in some way

[@eswaribalan164]

Just go into the fray brother Fight for nature.

[@prossynannyanzi7072]

Good luck guys

[@roopa4950]

These people give hope to us that we can

[@lavenderlol6196]

Are the dislikes anti-forest people 😒

[@splatharackal1337]

How did you disposed of those bags?

[@rapthaduchandra1113]

Good job.

[@chandanchandra4819]

Is Miyawaki techniques applicable for fruit plants? If answer is Yes please suggest the technique and names of varieties of plants. Waiting for your reply

[@greenyatra5735]

No this method is not good for commercial fruits/ woods production :)

[@Megha_Rasoi]

Please help us start this in Bengaluru. Raise a group. Many of us 😉 will join as volunteers.

[@sunnysingh-yf1bq]

I would like to volunteer are any plans are going on in delhi aswell?

[@nikitachoudhury7240]

This technique should be applied in Delhi

[@greenyatra5735]

Soon we are coming up with some mega projects in DelhiNCR

[@subhajitmajumder6210]

Why has scroll.in's your morning fix videos stopped?It was great

[@StayingMad]

How do you prevent city humans from crowding these urban forests to extinction?

[@sarthaksanatani05]

I think miyawaki technique is solution to make dry land of world green again

[@ravichandel8690]

no media show this as this dont create trp and money

[@Ibrasings]

Most people don't care about matters other than their own.

[@muktamalakar5771]

@@Ibrasings But they very much care about Hindu-Muslim and mandir masjid issues. India needs a Renaissance today.

[@splatharackal1337]

Could have planted jack fruits, mangoes, cashew etc

[@greenyatra5735]

in this urban forest we have planted around 35 species including fruits.

[@Akshay1008]

👌👌👌

[@thedoctorchants]

Well done green yatra

[@greenyatra5735]

Thank you! You can get more details about Mumbai's 1st Miyawaki Urban Forest in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGiYk6Bvosx_n5I

[@dogloveralok600]

i wang to be part of this initative how i can join

[@valerianpereira1259]

ECO LOGY: India :By law must introduce.. compulsory: compulsory and compulsory implementation of Greenery: by law. we need min of 50 to 60 % of GREEN Cover across the nation. Come what may Therefore Strictly PLAN: DESIGN: BUILD: Vertical in space so save land area for TREES. Plus we Reclaim 7,000 mile sof the coast min 3 miles into the SEA. CLAIM LAND FROM SEA. BUILD WITH TETRAPODS/GRANITE BOULDERS. AND Start Planting MANGROVES.. intesnse with Students to flourish Marine Life: Flora ..fauna. start using SEAWEEDS...For AGAR AGAR. For Capsules for drugs. edible. .for Jelly.

[@kvsk002]

Morning fix??

[@rafiasultana4084]

I like nature

[@aamnanazim6057]

nice