Black Cockatoo pocket forests

Introduction to Miyawaki pocket forests

ABC news article – Linked to Facebook

ABC radio media article – Robin Williams Science Show

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 elswhere.

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.