Israel Embassy leads Delhi NCR ‘Million Miyawaki’ Mission

May 3, 2024

The Embassy of Israel in India, in collaboration with the Million Miyawaki Foundation, has officially joined the ‘Million Miyawaki’ project, a community-led initiative aimed at improving air quality in Indian cities through mass afforestation in tight urban spaces
Under this project, efforts are made at planting a million trees in Delhi-NCR
Focus on creating forest-like Miyawaki plantations.
Miyawaki Method was named after Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, this method involves planting two to four different types of indigenous trees within every square metre.
The methodology was developed in the 1970s, with the basic objective to densify green cover within a small parcel of land.