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The team at 4 Elements Consulting have recently completed a recent round of general fauna surveys to the arid landscapes a few hours west of Cairns. Armed with a diverse…

The team have just returned from a week of bird surveys near Undara, recording several interesting species. Most of the area surveyed is dominated by basalt soil and savannah woodland,…

4 Elements Consulting was recently contracted by Metallica Minerals to monitor water quality at a potential future silica sand mine at Cape Flattery, Cape York to establish baseline water quality.…

4 Elements Consulting recently completed a successful translocation of the epiphytic orchid Dendrobium fellowsii. This species, which is listed as Vulnerable under the Nature Conservation Act 1992, was detected during…

Tropical lowland rainforest was recently classified as a threatened ecological community (TEC) at the federal level and is currently listed as endangered under the EPBC Act. This classification has the…

To offset any impacts to threatened flora as a result of construction of the Mt Emerald Wind Farm, an adjacent property was purchased and established as a nature refuge in…

4 Elements Consulting undertook a comprehensive weed survey across the Springvale Station Nature Refuge. With the use of Qld government soil/vegetation maps and rapid vegetation community assessments, patterns of weed…

4 Elements consulting provided environmental project management and auditing services to the Yarrabah Jetty Project throughout its construction in 2021. During the project, an environmental officer carried out environmental inductions…

Four Elements Consulting has been engaged by Mt Fox Energy Park to undertake baseline ecological surveys across the proposed wind farm alignment. These works were designed to comply with Module 23 of the State…

4 Elements consulting has been implementing the biodiversity management program for the Mt Emerald wind farm since its inception in 2017. This encompasses both the construction and operational phases of…

4 Elements consultants carried out a detailed marine plant assessment near South Molle Island in 2019. Our staff carried out field surveys for all aquatic flora on the site, mapping…

4 Elements consulting ecologists worked alongside the Normanby Rangers on Balnggarrawarra country to carry out the first systematic fauna survey of Normanby Station. These records provide a baseline for the…

4 Elements consulting staff carried out fauna spotter activities for the new Smithfield Bypass development in 2019 during dewatering operations. Staff carried out weed surveys to prevent spread during development…

4 Elements botanists carried out a protected plant survey in Ravenshoe, Queensland in early 2020 on a proposed development site. The study identified key listed flora species on the site,…

4 Elements Consulting carried out research on two threatened species on the proposed High Roads Wind Farm site. The first was a bioacoustics study of Magnificent broodfrog using BARs to…

The magnificent broodfrog (Pseudophryne covacevichae) is a small frog (up to 28 mm in length), which exhibits magnificent colouration - bright yellow patches on its upper forearm, and back and marbling of…

Client - MEWF Pty Ltd January 2017- Current 4 Elements Consulting implement the Biodiversity Management Program for the Mount Emerald Wind Farm which is building 53 turbines near Walkamin, Far North…

4 Elements provided project management and coordination to the NESP Tropical Water Quality Hub (NESP TWQ Hub) for the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (rrrc.org.au). The National Environmental Science Program (NESP) is…