Australian Ecosystems’ consulting team have experience in a wide variety of projects.

Wetland Inventory and Condition Assessments for the Victorian Wimmera and Corangamite Catchment Management Authorities.

We collected field data from a diverse range of wetland types on both public and private land. Assessments involved detailed vegetation and waterbird surveys and liasing with private land holders and various government departments. These projects were performed in partnership with Water’s Edge Consulting and the University of Ballarat respectively.

Ecological impacts of salinity in wetlands in the Victorian Wimmera

Australian Ecosystems provided expert assistance in plant identification and field data collection in this study co-ordinated by the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research.

Comprehensive flora survey of Mc Keller Reserve, Mornington Peninsula

This study involved a detailed botanical survey, vegetation mapping and provision of management prescriptions for the maintenance of rare plant populations in a section of Arthur’s Seat State Park.

Ecological Restoration at “the Waterways”

AE was involved in this large scale ecological restoration project from the planning (documentation) phase through to seed collection, growing of plants, implementation of vegetation establishment, management plan documentation, ecological monitoring and site management. This is a large, complex project involving the revegetation of 40 hectares with indigenous vegetation, involving the planting of over 1.4 million indigenous plants of 200 species in a diverse range of plant communities including native grassland, swamp scrub, Red Gum Woodland, saltmarsh, grassy wetlands and shallow and deep freshwater marshes.

AE developed a revegetation plan for this project based on historic information, soil types and hydrological regimes by examining remnants of the Carrum Carrum Swamp, a formerly extensive wetland that occupied the revegetated area before it was drained in the 1870's. We are now actively involved in the development of a comprehensive management plan for this site and are conducting weed control and ecological burning and providing educative programs to involve the local community.

Snowy River Riparian Restoration Strategy

As part of a large multi-disciplinary team with the aim of restoring fish habitat in the Lower Snowy River Australian Ecosystems provided advice on appropriate species and revegetation techniques to stablise engineered log structures.

Consultancy Team