Frameworks

In 2020, the IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) developed a Global biodiversity framework that positions three key dimensions of nature. Aligned with the three arguments above, the dimensions include:

‘Nature for society or people’ comprises the utilitarian values of nature such as what we know as regulating and provisioning ecosystem services.

‘Nature for nature’ recognises each species as living beings with intrinsic value separate from the services and functions, they gift living beings with. It acknowledges the role different species have to each other and how they are an important part of what keeps ecosystems ticking.

‘Nature for culture’ acknowledges the importance of our individual (and collective) connection to nature and the important role it plays in our sense of belonging, social cohesion and wellbeing. But it also relates to hearing the unheard and bringing in Indigenous voices and representation as deeply as possible.

Each of these dimensions has implications for design that should be carefully considered. We align to this framework and seek to find balance between the species selected as target species for people, for nature and for culture.

A total of ten target species were selected for this project including three different plant species and a variety of birds and insects to attract to the project site.