Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE's)

Wildland Consultants has undertaken many ecological assessments for AEE's, for a wide range of proposed land uses:

  • Cycleways, walking tracks and backcounty huts;
  • Tourism development;
  • Wind farms;
  • Roading;
  • Landfills;
  • Quarries;
  • Subdivisions;
  • Gas pipelines;
  • Transmission lines; 
  • Geothermal power stations;
  • Mining;
  • Sand mining;
  • Water supply dams and reservoirs;
  • Farm development;
  • Forestry;
  • Corrections facilities;
  • Hydro-electricity generation;
  • Marinas;
  • And other land uses.

These assessments have included:

  • Vegetation, threatened plants, avifauna, bats, fish, and invertebrates.
  • Reports and advice.
  • Expert evidence for hearings, appeals and Boards of Inquiry.
  • Resource Management Act assessments of effects.
  • Independent ecological advice to councils and hearings commissioners.