Niche’s aquatic ecology team has the specialist skills required to ensure your project meets its environmental obligations and consent requirements. We partner with engineering firms, planners, developers, mine operators, utility providers and government on projects encompassing freshwater, marine, estuarine, coastal, temperate and tropical reef and deep-water ecosystems. Our goal is to develop innovative solutions to […]

Significant changes to the way projects are assessed and offset In 2016, the NSW Government introduced the Biodiversity Conservation Act (BC Act) and Local Land Services Amendment Act (LLSA Act). This new legislation repeals the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 and parts of the National Parks and Wildlife Act […]

Clare brings with her several years of experience as a professional archaeologist, gained in Australia and the UK. Clare has recently returned from overseas, where  she undertook geophysical survey, excavations, artefact management and recording throughout Great Britain. At home in Australia, Clare’s project experience includes both historical and Aboriginal archaeological survey, assessment and excavation with […]

Dr Radika Michniewicz is a senior ecologist with 12 years of experience in providing ecological services in Australia and France. She has a varied background, from population studies of shingleback lizards in South Australia, stygofauna sampling in the Pilbara, to ecological studies in the French Pyrenees. Radika has managed field studies and large, complex projects […]

Niche Environment and Heritage is pleased to announce that Isabel Tickle has joined the heritage consulting team. Isabel is a recently graduated archaeologist with experience in Aboriginal and historical archaeology projects.  She has worked in Victoria and south-western New South Wales on research, as well as private and government projects. Isabel specialises in stone artefact […]

The annual Hunter Mine Rehab conference attracts around 300 delegates from industry, government and academia to share and promote current best practice approaches in the management and rehabilitation of mined lands. Niche has proven experience in delivering innovative, practical, risk-based and cost-efficient solutions to mine rehab projects, and so we are proud to support this important event.  […]

Niche Environment and Heritage is a multidisciplinary consultancy specialising in ecology and cultural heritage management, environmental approvals and biodiversity offsetting.  Established in 2009, we have successfully delivered projects to clients across eastern Australia. Our 40-strong team includes ecologists, botanists, archaeologists and environmental engineers with a wealth of specialist knowledge derived from their research studies, extensive […]

Niche Environment and Heritage is pleased to welcome ecologist Jodie Danvers to the NSW consulting team. Jodie has worked on the North Coast for several years as an ecologist for consulting businesses and also for the Department of Primary Industry in Ballina and Grafton. Jodie’s past project experience includes ecological monitoring for road construction works, […]

Niche was commissioned by MidCoast Council to prepare an ecological assessment for the proposed subdivision known as Blueys Estate, located to the east of The Lakes Way, between the villages of Pacific Palms and Smith Lakes, NSW. The land was under consideration for rezoning for a variety of uses, including residential development and environmental conservation. […]

Niche has completed a heritage interpretation plan for Frasers Property Australia for the Brookhaven community located in Logan, SE Queensland. Brookhaven will take shape on a 135ha hinterland-fringed site at Bahrs Scrub, just south of the Beenleigh CBD and 5.4km from the M1 motorway.  The community will comprise detached housing lots, a 6,000sqm local centre, […]