How do we make more than human voices heard?
Summary
It usually takes a human to engage with human processes, and to be present more thoroughly in the ongoing negotiations of cohabitation the other-than-humans need people to speak to other humans on behalf of them. Advocates of nature conservation take this role, but also many other people in some way speak on behalf of nature, animals, or urban ecosystems. However, this representation does not mirror the diversity of urban inhabitants – it tends to be biased toward charismatic animals or aesthetically pleasing plants – but it has established platforms and structures for making space for others in our human-centric visions of what cities can be.