For the second consecutive year, Zoomarine and Nativawaky joined forces to bring the Miyawaki method to schools in the Algarve.

The initiative, part of Operation Green Mountain 2025, involved more than 70 students and teachers from the school in the municipality of Silves, aiming to raise awareness in the school community about the importance of regenerating local ecosystems and environmental preservation.

Covering an area of ​​140 square meters, the new mini-forest includes 420 seedlings of 28 native species, planted by the students with the support of the conservation and education teams from Zoomarine and Nativawaky.

The initiative also included educational and practical activities, such as the creation of "seed bombs" within the EDUCAR project, and moments of sharing and learning about the role of forests in protecting the soil and combating climate change.

"The creation of these mini-forests is a way to bring environmental education directly to schools, showing children that every gesture can have a real impact on the regeneration of the planet. We want them to feel proud to care for their territory and be ambassadors of nature in their communities," says Hugo Brites, Marketing and Communications Director of Zoomarine.

Since its launch in 2017, Operation Green Mountain has mobilized hundreds of volunteers and resulted in the planting of more than 126,000 native trees and seedlings in various municipalities in the Algarve.

In 2024, the partnership with Nativawaky gave the initiative a new boost by introducing the Japanese Miyawaki method, which recreates native ecosystems capable of growing ten times faster, being thirty times denser, and supporting one hundred times more biodiversity, becoming self-sustaining in just three years.

Operation Green Mountain 2025 also had the support of the Silves School Group and the municipality of São Bartolomeu de Messines. The event concluded with a group photo and the symbolic launching of "seed bombs".