Hello,
I'm currently reading a book I found recently, Mini-Forest Revolution. It covers the Miyawaki method of planting forests, which apparently means adequately preparing the soil, and planting a high diversity of plants native to mature forests in the region. Miyawaki, the inventor of the method, investigated shrine forests as the original, undisturbed native forests, because for religious regions they were left alone, and extrapolating from them determined the native vegetation of Japan.
Here are some articles:
https://daily.jstor.org/the-miyawaki-method-a-better-way-to-build-forests/
About Akira Miyawaki
The first has an error and claims that Miyawaki planted trees grow ten meters per year! I think not, but aside from that, they are said to grow more quickly due to the high density of planting, and preparation of the soil by composting and/or reshaping the soil into mounds.
It sounds like an interesting way to begin helping with sequestration of carbon, as well as the cultivation of diverse forest perennials. I can imagine someone making a nursery for various native vegetation right next to their house in a forest like that, ramps and orchids and ginseng... and transplanting them back out into the forests where they can revegetate the barren woods.
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