Ecological Consultancy - Assessments and Approvals

TerraLab’s specialist ecological consultants can handle your environmental project.

  • Field surveys such as weed assessments, flora and fauna assessments, threatened species assessments, Vegetation Quality Assessments (Habitat Hectares), vegetation mapping, botanical surveys, etc.

  • Policy and legislation approvals such as native vegetation guidelines, pest plant and animal obligations, EPBC Act Referrals, offsets, etc.

  • Reporting and advice such as applications to remove native vegetation (detailed assessments), management plans, species recovery plans, rehabilitation and revegetation plans, etc.

TerraLab also has a comprehensive list of suppliers who we have partnered with in the past to extend our services to include:

  • Archaeological/ Cultural Heritage surveys.

  • Aquatic ecology.

  • Civil and environmental engineering.

  • Contaminated land assessment.

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Project Examples

Threatened flora monitoring

Objective:

Develop a novel methodology and monitor three EPBC listed flora species over a three year period.

How:

Utilising TerraLab’s years of experience, our specialist ecological consultants undertook a rigourous desktop assessment to compile and evaluate all known records of the threatened species of interest. An assessment methodology was developed, documented, tested and rolled out. Ecologists utilised state-of-the-art technology in monitoring such as live mobile mapping, high-accuracy GPS mapping, and an efficient digital workflow. All of this in a challenging and remote environment.

Result:

A robust, novel and objective monitoring method was developed and deployed to monitor the threatened species tracking changes to the population over time.

EPBC approval and referrals

Objective:

Conduct assessments and submit a referral under the EPBC Act

How:

Utilizing TerraLab’s specialist ecologists, desktop and site assessments were carried out at a roadway development site. The likelihood of impacts to threatened species was assessed with one species being unavoidably impacted by the proposal.

In conjunction with a larger project team, TerraLab completed botanical and ecological surveys, undertook mapping at the study site, prepared maps, and authored the documentation to the satisfactory of State and Federal requirements.

Result:

A final submission was made and approved under the EPBC Act allowing the project to go ahead with a net improvement to the abundance of the threatened species.

Our Ecological Consultancy Service:

Vegetation assessment

  • Flora and fauna assessments

  • Threatened species monitoring and surveys

  • Vegetation Quality Assessments (Habitat Hectares)

  • Vegetation mapping

  • Botanical surveys

  • Impact Assessment

  • Pest plant surveys and monitoring

Environmental policy and legislation

  • Policy and legislation approvals such as Victorian native vegetation Guidelines

  • Vegetation offsets

  • Pest plant and animal obligations

  • Experience with the following policies

  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) referrals and approvals

  • Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act)

  • Planning and Environment Act 1987

  • Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994

  • Environmental Effects Act 1978

  • State Wildlife Act 1979

  • Water Act 1989

Environmental management

  • Reporting and advice such as applications to remove native vegetation (detailed assessments)

  • Land management plans

  • Species recovery plans

  • Rehabilitation plans and advice

  • Landscape Function Analysis (LFA)

  • Revegetation plans

Partnered assessment services

  • Archaeological/ Cultural Heritage management

  • Aquatic ecology

  • Civil and environmental engineering

  • Contaminated land assessment

Spatial ecology