Niche Environment and Heritage is proud to sponsor NSW Mining’s Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) Conference and Awards – the NSW mining industry’s biggest event of the year. The theme of the conference this year is “Share, Innovate, Succeed,” and the event brings together policy experts and decision makers to talk about operational and…
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Niche Environment and Heritage was engaged by Carpentaria Gold to undertake the scientific excavation of historical gravesites at the original cemetery site at Ravenswood, in north Queensland, after the location of the cemetery was established during heritage assessments for the proposed Ravenswood Gold Mine Expansion Project. The cemetery is believed to have been in use…
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Portland Cement Works is a state significant heritage site located in the town of Portland, in the NSW Central Tablelands. The landowners, AWJ Civil, are proposing to sensitively re-develop the site to adaptively re-use the existing buildings as well as building new structures to offer commercial, residential and recreational opportunities. The project – named The…
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Our team of accredited environmental offsetting experts and ecological consultants developed and implemented a project plan for client South 32 Illawarra Coal to establish the Appin West BioBank site on their 85 hectare property at Wilton, NSW. To find out more, read South 32’s update Ensuring Koalas have a home, and our project case study…
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Evelyn Craigie has joined Niche Environment and Heritage as a senior ecologist, based at our head office in Sydney. Evelyn has over 14 years’ professional experience and is an accredited BAM assessor under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Her qualifications include a master’s degree in Environmental Management and she is a member of the Ecological…
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“Information gathered will help provide a timeline of Aboriginal occupation from Wentworth to Broken Hill.” Our cultural heritage work along 270km of WaterNSW’s Wentworth to Broken Hill pipeline made the local newspaper recently. Originally published the Barrier Daily Truth, Friday 8 June 2018, you can read the full story here.
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Changes passed by the Queensland parliament on 3 May 2018 will affect a variety of aspects of vegetation management in the state. Lisa Carter, senior ecologist in Brisbane, summarises the key changes that project proponents and landholders need to know about. Four key changes that could affect your project Protections for regulated vegetation clearing have…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is proud to sponsor ANET 2018, the conference of the Australasian Network for Ecology and Transport. The theme of this year’s conference is “Connecting people, connecting nature” and delegates from government, industry, research and community groups will attend to share and discover the latest findings in environmentally-sensitive linear infrastructure research and…
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Niche was commissioned by South 32 Illawarra Coal to undertake a multi-stage project to establish the Appin West BioBank Site, under the NSW Government’s Biodiversity Banking and Offsets Scheme (BioBanking). “The establishment of the Appin West BioBank Site is an excellent result for South 32 Illawarra Coal and for conservation and I believe there will…
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In NSW, the legislation governing how we conserve and manage Aboriginal cultural heritage is about to change. This will include new regulations, policies and guidelines that could significantly affect your project’s cultural heritage management. Our experienced heritage consulting team will be working closely with clients to understand what the changes mean for their projects and…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is pleased to announce that heritage consultant Jessica Cuskelly has joined our Sydney head office. Jessica has a diverse range of experience including research, recording, archaeological excavations and surveys. She has experience in both Aboriginal and historical cultural heritage management projects and has worked in QLD, NSW and overseas. After completing…
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Coastal wildlife will face one of the most certain impacts of global warming; that of changing coastlines caused by sea-level rise. While not a coastline-dependent species, many of the recognised strongholds of the Koala occur in low elevation coastal areas. The Port Stephens population of the Koala was once considered a stronghold for the species.…
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