Environmental Art Project

This is a longer project with the subject “Traces, Places, Spaces”

My project will be based around Scottish tree population and the language we use to describe trees. Looking at whether a tree is “native” or “non-native” - are they surviving, thriving and putting roots into the Scottish environment? Or are they a threat to Scottish biodiversity.

This is the final presentation of the project:

Species Secretariat

The ecosystem of Scotland has been changing for millennia with the biodiversity of the country including native, non-native and invasive species all of which have a valid place in the current ecosystem. This piece includes words from a government report around the ecology of Scotland and how they are looking to manage the tree population to take it back to a time before there was human interaction on the environment. Is this a valid policy? If the ecosystem is thriving and surviving then perhaps it is time to allow it to do so?

Shonah Escombe 2022