Tactic
Grow new trees
Options
...such as a forest with multiple layers (vertical diversity, multi-staged forest, forest garden).
...such as a forest with high-density (as in a Miyawaki Forest or tiny forest).
...by specifying tall trees, 35’ and over.
...by selecting deciduous rather than evergreen trees for 50% more carbon absorption.
Case Study
The consolidation of a printing company’s urban production facility exposed more than 13 acres of landscape area. SWA Group’s Ichigaya Forest project transformed more than half the site into new a multi-layered forest. It is modeled on a natural forest with vertical diversity, multiple stages, and a character between an open secondary forest and a dense shrine forest. Almost 300 plant species were used and the project is expected to sequester 30 tons of CO2 annually.
