Mapping our precious biodiversity in the Carnarvons

Carnarvons BioBlitz Expedition There are pockets of the Carnarvon Ranges in Queensland that are still remote and rarely visited. The Upper Dawson area at the southern end of the ranges within the Wallaroo private property is one such area where native biodiversity and rare creatures thrive with little human disturbance. The Boobook ecological team and […]

The unique charm of Australia’s Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Australia is lucky enough to have six different black cockatoos. Five of these are reasonably closely related to one another. The sixth, the huge Palm Cockatoo of northern Cape York, is a quite different bird altogether and also occurs in Papua New Guinea. The smallest of the remaining species is the Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami. […]

Acacia ammophila – a hidden gem of Queensland’s outback

Australia’s wattle diversity Australia is famous for its wattles, Acacia species, with over 900 species described to date. They range from tall trees to small shrubs and there’s at least one species anywhere you care to look. Several tree species are well-known in Queensland, sometimes giving their name to whole regions where they are distinctive […]

The importance of ecology assessments

We conduct ecology assessments to ground truth vegetation communities, classify their importance for habitat, identify potential project impacts and work with our clients to find management solutions. Over the past decade, we have completed over 900 ecological assessments. How are they conducted? Biodiversity and condition assessments involve a desktop assessment and site inspection to identify […]

The Yakka skink and Dunmall’s snake: two unlikely research candidates

The Brigalow Belt biogeographic region of Queensland contains populations of over 20 species of threatened reptiles. Two of the most poorly known of these species are the Yakka skink (Egernia rugosa) and Dunmall’s Snake (Furina dunmalli).  Both of these species are listed as vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and […]

What are biodiversity offset assessments?

One of our many ecological services is to assess areas for their biodiversity offset potential.  Why do we do this? There are Commonwealth and/or State legislative limits imposed on major infrastructure projects related to potential disturbance to Commonwealth-protected vegetation communities, such as Threatened Ecological Communities (TEC) and vegetation identified as habitat for listed threatened species. […]

Our contribution to the Methods to Market project (biodiversity component)

Whilst we have a deep knowledge and passion for the Brigalow Belt, our love of natural history is not limited to geographical boundaries. We embrace any challenge, including opportunities to study different and remote regions. For the Methods to Market project, completed in 2022, we were asked to measure the co-benefit of biodiversity enhancement on […]