Akira Miyawaki was a Japanese botanist who studied how forests grow and how to restore them after damage. He focused on potential natural vegetation (PNV). This refers to the plants that would ...

Wendy Clapp shows off a budding Pacific ninebark in her backyard in Tacoma, Wash. Clapp started planting native species around her yard using the Miyawaki method of planting in October 2024. NPR is ...

These plants helped pull carbon dioxide from the ancient atmosphere and lock it away in rock and soil. Hundreds of millions ...

NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about how communities are moving forward on climate solutions despite significant political headwinds. As the federal government halts plans to ...