TAIAO
Ecological Assessments
& Reporting
Protect values and progress your project.
BTW’s ecologists survey habitats, assess potential effects and provide practical mitigation and monitoring strategies that support both development and the environment. Our team works closely with planners and environmental planning consultants so assessments align with consenting needs.
Why choose this service:
- Clear and defensible assessments to support planning and consenting
- Wetland identification and delineation to meet New Zealand requirements
- Monitoring plans that work on the ground, tailored to real site conditions and council expectations
- Integrated delivery with survey, engineering and environmental planning consultants for smoother approvals
Ecological surveys are often required early in a project, either at feasibility stage or to support a resource consent application. A detailed investigation enables BTW ecologists to draw scientific conclusions about what flora and fauna are present at your site, what effects your proposed activity will have, and what can be done to manage the ecological impact of your project. BTW provide mitigation frameworks, including restoration, biodiversity offsets and monitoring programmes, to help projects achieve approvals while respecting ecological values.
HOW WE HELP:
- Flora and fauna surveys
- Wetland and riparian assessments
- Biodiversity offsets and mitigation planning
Our Ecological Assessments and Reporting services include:
- Habitat mapping using cutting edge geospatial, land surveying and UAV (thermal, multispectral, LiDAR) technologies
- Water quality monitoring of discharges and receiving environments, including continuous monitoring solutions
- Interdisciplinary catchment management, including Watercourse Assessment Reports
- Assessments for development master planning and land purchase due diligence
- Ecological impact assessments for resource consent applications
- Ecological management plans
- Planting and restoration plans
- Watercourse classification
- Technical peer review for regional councils
- Wetland delineation
- Lizard and bat surveys
- Bird surveys, including wetland, coastal and forest
- Freshwater fish and macroinvertebrate sampling
- Stream Ecological Valuations
- eDNA sampling
- Fish passage design
- Fish management plans
- Native fish trap and transfer
