Eco India: In space-strapped Mumbai, citizens are using a Japanese technique to create green cover

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Our top story this week looks at the Miyawaki technique, a Japanese afforestation method named after its developer botanist Akira Miyawaki, and how creating dense man-made plantations using this technique can improve the local ecosystems and bring back the lost native species.

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Supervising Producer: Nooshin Mowla

Script & Associate Producer: Shibika Suresh

Director of Photography: Mohammad Ismail Shaikh

Video Editor: Sujit Lad

Field Producers: Arun Nair, Ranish Pandit

Assistant Producer: Gautam Phadnis

Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu

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