Black Cockatoo pocket forests

Ian Kininmonth

Introduction to Miyawaki pocket forests

ABC news article – Linked to Facebook

ABC radio media article – Robin Williams Science Show

ABC iView Gardening Australia – S37 Episode 5 – Segment on Dr Grey Coupland and Miyawaki Pocket Forests (46 minute mark)

Written Guidelines

These planning guidelines have been obtained from the Transition Toulouse (France) pocket forest project and its implementation group, the Micro-Forest Collective . They have been translated into English using Google translate:

Introduction – miyawaki micro forests

Chapter 1 – A community approach

Chapter 2 – Finding land

Chapter 3 – Choosing species

Chapter 4 – Soil preparation

Chapter 5 – The planting

Chapter 6 – The cost of a micro forest

Chapter 7 – Monitoring and maintenance  (not written)

Video guidelines

Video guidelines by Afforestt. Although developed by Afforestt in India the concepts are applicable elsewhere.

Podcasts

SUGi Talks – a collection of very good podcasts by SUGi Projects.

Web resources

SUGi Projects has some very good resources including a map of projects they have supported around the world including our Black Cockatoo pocket forest in Perth, Western Australia.