In an effort to improve the environmental appeal of its main campus, Government College University (GCU) Lahore is getting ready to build a Miyawaki Garden.
In an effort to improve the environmental appeal of its main campus, Government College University (GCU) Lahore is getting ready to build a Miyawaki Garden.
GCU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi recently posted on social media to thank Mehmat Celepoglu, the CEO of a well-known oil marketing company, for approving the creation of an 8 Kanal Miyawaki forest.
This garden, which covers an area of about 43,560 square feet, will house 11,000 plants using the ground-breaking Miyawaki method. The project will also include 1,000 mature plants as part of its Urban Forestry component.
The Vice-Chancellor emphasised the benefits of the Miyawaki Garden, pointing out that it could help reduce noise pollution and promote a cleaner environment in the designated area.
The main campus will gain a remarkable total of 12,000 plants thanks to this initiative alone. Beginning on June 1, 2023, the project will mark a significant development in GCU’s pursuit of its green vision.
On deteriorated land, the Miyawaki Method for tree planting works well for quickly establishing a forest cover. It is based on the principles of natural reforestation and works especially well in urban settings.
By using this technique, trees are planted, and they grow much more quickly, accelerating the process of creating forests and absorbing more carbon.
Miyawaki forests have been found to have higher biodiversity than nearby woodland, making it a great way to quickly establish diverse, healthy forests. Fast-tracking the creation of diverse, healthy forests could be essential to achieving international goals and addressing these issues in the context of the current climate change emergency and the global loss of biodiversity.
The Miyawaki method’s fundamental tenet is the use of tree species that would naturally exist there and that cooperate to build a diverse, multi-layered forest community.
This revitalises “native forests by native trees” by producing a robust and thriving forest ecosystem with species that complement one another. Initially, the theory of potential natural vegetation (PNV), or the vegetation that would naturally occur in a particular area absent further human intervention, was connected to the choice of species to plant in a given area.