Tiny forests sow seeds of big biodiversity impact

A group of Australians has helped build a tiny forest in the Cook Islands. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

As small as a tennis court, "tiny forests" are being held up as a response to Australia's worsening biodiversity, deforestation and climate crises.

And the team behind a growing number of these micro-wonders has spread its wings into the region, planting a first Pacific patch in the Cook Islands.