Creating Pakistan's Largest Urban Miyawaki Forest

The Miyawaki method — developed by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki — enables the creation of dense, multilayered native forests in a fraction of the time of conventional plantation. EPD Punjab has adopted this technique to transform urban wasteland, canal banks, and roadsides into thriving native ecosystems. The Lahore Miyawaki Forest, spanning over 20 acres, incorporates more than 30 indigenous tree species and is expected to reach ecological maturity within 10 years instead of the conventional 200.