Morizukuri Project - "Creating forests for everyone and forever"

The aim of this project was to form a green belt around the Toyota do Brasil Ecofactory in Sorocaba-SP. To develop this project, the Miyawaki method was adopted, which accelerates the growth of seedlings 10 times faster than traditional methods, forming an "adult" forest in 10 years instead of 100 years, the time it takes for a forest to grow under natural conditions. 

The project began in 2011 with the planting of trees of different native species at the plant in Sorocaba, São Paulo. This planting was done voluntarily and with the participation of employees, suppliers, dealers and the local community. The Miyawaki methodology has four essential principles: fertile soil, diversity, density and competitiveness. The aim is to simulate a natural forest by using its fundamental characteristics to accelerate its growth process. One example is planting three seedlings per square meter instead of just one. 

The more than 143 tree species that make up the forest were chosen after studies of the native species in the Sorocaba region of São Paulo showed which had the greatest potential for germination. Among them are Jequitibá Rosa, Cedro, Paineira, Aroeira Pimenteira, Guapuruvu, Goiabeira, Ipê, among others.