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BioCondition Benchmarks Updated

BioCondition Benchmarks Updated
The Queensland Herbarium has released updated and revised BioCondition Benchmarks (Ver 3.2) for Regional Ecosystem mapping and assessment. These new and updated benchmarks will help to monitor and undertake impact assessment for small and large projects. Benchmarks are specific to each regional ecosystem or vegetation community in Queensland. Benchmarks account for natural variability in structure... Read More »
Regional Ecosystem Mapping for the Fraser Coast
Regional Ecosystem Surveying and Mapping for The Fraser Coast Redleaf Environmental was engaged by Fraser Coast Regional Council to update the Queensland Herbarium Regional Ecosystem Mapping for approximately 4,000 ha. In consultation with Council and the Queensland Herbarium, Redleaf completed Regional Ecosystem mapping to 1:25,000 scale. Regional Ecosystem surveying and mapping were undertaken as per... Read More »
Vegetation Surveys In FNQ
It is always great to help a client varify the regional ecosystem mapping across an area to ensure there are no surprises waiting for a project. When millions of dollars are on the line, clients need certainty on Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) and Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES). We help to give... Read More »
Redleaf Ecologists Threatened Fauna In 2016
We have been fortunate this year to see some amazing regions of Australia searching and finding some of our most threatened species of fauna. Take a look at some of our photographic record for your enjoyment!Read More »
Redleaf Ecologists Threatened Flora In 2016
We have been fortunate this year to see some amazing regions of Australia searching and finding some of our most threatened species of flora. Take a look at some of our photographic record for your enjoyment!Read More »
Contaminated Lands Explained
The thorny issue of potential or actual contaminated lands can be a risk to your project. But it need not be a project killer so long as it is addressed through scientific investigation. What is Contamination? Schedule 4 of the Queensland Environmental Protection Act defines contaminated land as being land contaminated by a hazardous substance... Read More »
Bushfire Management
Bushfire Management Plans can be a vital tool to manage the risks to your assets and peoples' safety. They can be straight forward to develop - if you know what you are doing. Government Policy The Queensland State Government has developed a State-wide mapping methodology to identify Bushfire Prone Areas in support of the bushfire hazard... Read More »
Timber Bridges Often Provide Fauna Habitat
Many regional roads have timber bridge structures across local rivers and creeks. These structures have been there for a very long time (often built in the early 1900's) and are starting to show their age. They are rapidly being replaced across Queensland and New South Wales with single span concrete bridges and culverts. Local governments... Read More »
Black-breasted button-quail surveys came up trumps
Redleaf Environmental recently conducted an assessment of clearing impacts for the construction of a power line to a communications tower. One of the key objectives of the ecological surveys was to confirm Black-breasted Button-quails (Turnix melanogaster) occurred in the area. The species is listed at the state and national level as ‘vulnerable’ to extinction and... Read More »
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