G&G Environmental Pty Ltd is a small environmental consultancy specialising in vegetation surveys and mapping, restoration and rehabilitation. G&G Environmental was formed by highly experienced botanists Dr Grant Wells and Dr Grace Wells following more than a decade of research into natural and degraded landscapes at the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority and the University of Western Australia.
G&G Environmental were a vital component of the team that developed a framework for rehabilitation success at the Minara Resources Ltd, Murrin Murrin operation. This work was recently awarded a Golden Gecko presented by the Western Australian Department of Industry and Resources. The Golden Gecko Awards have grown to become the most prestigious awards for environmental excellence in the Western Australian mineral and petroleum industries. The framework provides quantitative key performance indicators for rehabilitation planning, monitoring and assessment.
Phoenix has formed a close working relationship with G&G Environmental in order to provide a more comprehensive suite of environmental expertise. In particular, our alliance with G&G Environmental gives us the capacity to undertake the full range of flora and fauna surveys.
G&G Environmental’s capabilities include:
G&G Environmental were a vital component of the team that developed a framework for rehabilitation success at the Minara Resources Ltd, Murrin Murrin operation. This work was recently awarded a Golden Gecko presented by the Western Australian Department of Industry and Resources. The Golden Gecko Awards have grown to become the most prestigious awards for environmental excellence in the Western Australian mineral and petroleum industries. The framework provides quantitative key performance indicators for rehabilitation planning, monitoring and assessment.
Phoenix has formed a close working relationship with G&G Environmental in order to provide a more comprehensive suite of environmental expertise. In particular, our alliance with G&G Environmental gives us the capacity to undertake the full range of flora and fauna surveys.
G&G Environmental’s capabilities include:
- Design of surveys tailored to project requirements
- Vegetation mapping
- Declared rare flora (DRF), threatened ecological community (TEC), Priority and locally significant flora searches
- Assessment of natural environmental systems health to predict and minimise impact from operations such as borefields and tailings storage facilities.
- Independent reviews of existing survey designs to define limitations and offer recommendations for improvements
- Derivation and automation of statistical measures for data assessment that accurately reflect the local system
- Delivery of clear and comprehensive reporting to ensure continuous improvement and best practice
- Assessment of rehabilitated and natural analogue vegetation sites for restoration success
- Development of quantitative botanical measures for completion criteria
- Derivation of appropriate statistical comparisons
- Comprehensive monitoring of progress towards completion
- Liaison with industry, stakeholders and regulators to facilitate bond relinquishment and sign-off
- Quantification of dynamics of the soil seed bank
- Derivation of top soil management protocols
- Evaluation of success of broadcast seeding and tube-stock
- Proven Research and Development (R&D) capabilities of environmental issues
- Accurate plant identification and creation of herbaria
- Testing of seed quality, purity and germination ecology
- Development of pre-sowing methods to maximise plant revegetation