We provide a broad range of ecological services including:
- Flora and fauna surveys and assessments
- Vegetation and habitat mapping
- Invasive species management plans,
- Invasive plant control, specialising in high value asset protection
- Vegetation restoration advice and planning
- Short and long-term vegetation and biodiversity monitoring programs
- Entomological surveys and assessments
- Property management plans
- Biological control of invasive plants – feasibility, planning, implementation, evaluation
- Weed Risk Assessments
We hold the following skills and licenses:
- PhD in Zoology (animal plant interactions) (Latrobe University and University of Cape Town), Diploma Horticultural Science (Burnley)
- Adjunct Associate Professor – Latrobe University (provides open access to the latest literature, new trends and thought, and specialist university-based services)
- Agricultural chemical users permit (ACUP)
- Commercial Operators license for S7 pesticides
- First Aid – level 2
- Chainsaw operation – trim and crosscut of fallen timber
- Advanced 4WD accreditation
- Land for Wildlife operator (20 years)
- Chair, Bittern Bushland Preservation Association
Australis Biological has Professional Indemnity Insurance ($1,000,000), Public Liability Insurance ($10,000,000) and Work Cover
To ensure we keep in touch with local and community generated science we are members of:
- Australian Entomological Society
- Victorian Entomological Society
- Invasive Species Council Australian
- Systematic Botany Society
- Country Fire Authority (volunteer capacity)
- Eastern Districts Aquarium Society (plant study group)
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Weed Society of New South Wales