Bringing Nature to the Table
Where interspecies perspectives inform real-world decisions
Interspecies Voices brings Nature into decision-making through intuitive interspecies communication (IIC), supporting:
Inclusion
Recognising that Nature belongs in conversations affecting the living world.
Participation
Bringing interspecies perspectives into decision-making processes.
Relationship
Cultivating deeper relationships with the living world.
From Principles to Practice
Interspecies Voices is grounded in intuitive interspecies communication (IIC) and in the recognition that humans are part of Nature, an interconnected living system.
Many of the structures through which decisions are made across governance, conservation, research, and community life remain largely human-centred.
Through IIC, this work brings interspecies perspectives into real-world decision-making alongside scientific knowledge, lived experience, and other ways of knowing.
Listening expands to include interspecies perspectives, supporting meaningful participation in decision-making processes and deeper relationships between humans and the wider living world.
Because those decisions shape lives across the living world.
For generations, decisions affecting the living world have largely been shaped by human perspectives and priorities.
Recognition is growing. Animal sentience, Rights of Nature, One Health, One Welfare, and other approaches are expanding how we understand our relationship with the living world.
Recognition is important. But recognition isn't participation.
A seat at the table is only the beginning.
This work explores how Nature can participate more fully in the decisions that shape our shared future.
Recognition Isn’t Participation
Where This Work Engages
Interspecies Voices supports the inclusion of interspecies perspectives in decision-making through IIC.
It contributes to conversations and initiatives across:
Animal welfare
Animal rights
Wildlife conservation
Nature conservation
Rights of Nature
One Health One Welfare
Interdisciplinary research and governance
