We provide ecological advice from the earliest stages of project planning through to consenting, construction and monitoring.
Our services include:
- Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIAs), including assessment of effects on vegetation, habitats and fauna.
- Ecological constraints and opportunities assessments
- Ecological advice for resource consent applications
- Reviews of consent applications and proposed consent conditions
- Advice on avoiding, remedying, mitigating or offsetting ecological effects
- Ecological management and mitigation plans
- Expert evidence for council hearings and the Environment Court
- Independent ecological advice to councils, regulators and hearing commissioners
- Advice for both applicants and invited parties on Fast Track review applications.
Our experience covers a wide range of projects and consenting systems including both RMA and Fast-Track consents for infrastructure, subdivisions, roads, quarries, forestry, energy generation, mining, coastal development and other land-use activities.