Swedish preschoolers generally ignored new features installed at their schools to enhance biodiversity, perhaps due to their lack of involvement in the process
The term “ecosystem services†refers to the benefits provided by the natural environment and from healthy ecosystems to humans. This study focused on a schoolyard initiative designed to strengthen ecosystem services around the school while simultaneously promoting children’s play and ecological literacy. While nine preschools in Sweden participated in the schoolyard initiative, data for this study was based on just five of the participating schools.