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Niche Services

Environmental Assessments and Regulatory Approval

  • Review of Environmental Factors (REF)
  • EPBC Act Referrals
  • Subsidence Management Plans (SMP)
  • Statements of Environmental Effects (SEE)
  • Major Project Environmental Assessments
environment assessments

Biodiversity Assessment

  • Terrestrial and Aquatic Flora & Fauna Survey and Impact Assessment
  • Vegetation Mapping
  • BioBanking and Offset Negotiation
  • Species Impact Statements (SIS)
  • Ecological Monitoring
environment assessments

Archaeology & Cultural Heritage Management Services

  • Archaeological and cultural heritage assessment
  • Aboriginal cultural heritage management plans
  • Heritage surveys and excavations
  • Archaeological monitoring, salvage and clearance works
  • Statement of Heritage Impact
  • Conservation Management Plans
  • Heritage regulation and compliance
  • Aboriginal objects due diligence assessment
  • Community consultation and negotiation
  • Geoarchaeological interpretation and analysis
  • Expert witness and peer review
  • Ethnobotanical analysis and assessment
environment assessments

GIS and Remote Sensing

  • Satellite imagery orthorectification, vegetation indices, change detection, image classification and feature extraction
  • Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS - LiDAR), including topographic modelling, vegetation analysis, canopy height models, foliage cover and multi-temporal analysis
  • Topographical modelling, including contours, hillshade, slope, insolation, catchments and drainage networks, cross-sections, 3D views and line-of-sight analysis
  • Spatial analysis
  • Data QA/QC and Metadata (ISO 19115; 19139)
  • Map production

Site Rehabilitation

  • Landscape restoration planning
  • Rehabilitation of mine site vegetation
  • Vegetation Management Plans (VMP)
environment assessments

Landholder Access Negotiation

  • Land access consultation and negotiation
  • Government agency liaison and advocacy
 

Legal and Legislative Support

  • Expert Witness – Land & Environment Court
  • Policy and Legislation Input
  • Peer Review