ArborEcological provides licensed and qualified Ecologist Services for a range of clients and projects from owner builders to large scale residential subdivisions and infrastructure projects.

Our environmental impact assessment services include:

- Threatened Species assessments and management plans including Koala Habitat Assessments

- Tests of Significance – s.7.3 of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (previously 7 & 8-part tests, TSC Act & EP&A Act)

- Matters of National Environmental Significance assessments and EPBC Act referrals

- A range of Environmental Management Plans including Rehabilitation and preparation of Vegetation Management Plans (VMP)

- Review of Environmental Factors (REFs)

- We also provide technical input into Environmental Impact Statements and Statements of Environmental Effects SEE.

- Management and rehabilitation of threatened species habitats and Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs).

We use a range of survey techniques to examine types, extents and conditions of vegetation communities and habitats, including threatened species habitats and Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs). Fauna habitat assessments often focus on detecting signs of fauna site use and occupation of sites via scats, tracks, feed trees, hollow bearing trees, fallen logs, rock outcrops, leaf litter, wetlands, waterways and other site features. We work closely with fauna handling and survey experts as required for fauna surveys.

Our flora and fauna survey services include:

- Flora and fauna survey and habitat assessment

- Threatened species assessments

- Fauna spotter catcher and pre-clearing services

- Vegetation survey and mapping

- Koala habitat assessment

ArborEcological offers expert Fauna Spotter Catcher services designed to ensure regulatory compliance and wildlife protection during land development.

Our comprehensive approach includes pre-clearing habitat mapping, rigorous diurnal surveys to identify arboreal and ground-dwelling species, and active on-site clearing supervision.

By implementing specialised protocols—such as two-stage clearing, habitat tree relocation, and meticulous GPS documentation—we seamlessly integrate wildlife management into your project’s workflow, ensuring the safe relocation of fauna while maintaining operational efficiency.

We recommend measures to avoid, minimise, mitigate and compensate impacts where developments and activities have potential to impact koalas.

Koala Habitat Protection SEPP (State Environment Planning Policy) has replaced SEPP 44 – Koala Habitat Protection and provides the basis for assessing land as Koala habitat in NSW. Land mapped as Koala Habitat is assessed to determine if suitable koala food tree cover exists and if the land is or has been actively used or occupied by koalas, i.e. Core Koala Habitat. Koala impact assessments are also regularly required under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Our Koala management services include:

- Significant Koala impact assessments (State and Commonwealth) and Commonwealth referrals under the EPBC Act where necessary

- Core Koala habitat assessments

- Koala habitat mapping

- Koala Plan of Management KPoM preparation