Thursday
Nov052009

Technical Consultancy for National Wind Farm Development Guidelines

Area of Application:

National

Brief Description:

Worked with Biosis Research to develop federal guidelines for assessing the impact of proposed windfarms on bird populations.  Provided support in methodology and communication of processes and frameworks.  The guidelines use an environmental risk assessment framework to evaluate the risk and assess mitigation options.

Thursday
Oct082009

Framework for assessing and communicating decision support tools

Area of Application:

Victoria

Brief Description:

Natural resource managers are faced with choosing between a range of decision support tools, each of which has a different focus and speciality.  This project focussed on the development of a high level framework for evaluating and communicating decision support processes and tools.  The aim is to assist in communicating decisions to stakeholders and requirements to software vendors.

Thursday
Oct082009

Educational Materials on Climate Change

Area of Application:

Online

Brief Description:

Produced an education kit, to compliment Museum resources, combining in-class activities and online resources for educators and parents teaching about climate, weather and climate change impacts.

Thursday
Oct082009

Indigenous Heritage Survey Design

Area of Application:

Tasmania

Brief Description:

Developed a robust and statistically sound methodology for assessing the potential impact of development on a region of possible indigenous heritage, whilst minimising both cost and invasive digging techniques.


Thursday
Oct082009

Development of survey design and monitoring program for avian population

Area of Application:

Tasmania

Brief Description:

 Designed a survey to optimise the ongoing monitoring effort at a proposed windfarm, to return the best indicators of risk, whilst maintaining a focused survey effort.  The work included devising a monitoring strategy, a database and data entry template, and full statistical justification.