Land Restoration
Ausecology delivers large-scale land restoration services across Queensland for conservation, offset, and carbon projects, including planting, rehabilitation, regeneration, and management activities.
Ausecology has a large team of on-ground landscape practitioners who can perform all tasks required to ensure your property achieves and maintains compliance. Our team designs and implements projects that combine deep technical expertise with practical, on-ground skills, with experience across a range of ecosystems and biodiversity.
Our focus is on bespoke, effective solutions to achieve your compliance, environmental goals, and long-term partnerships to see our work come to life.
Our land restoration solutions
Bush regeneration
Tailored bush regeneration programs to restore native vegetation structure and function across degraded landscapes.
- Implement assisted natural regeneration techniques.
- Remove invasive species and promote native regrowth.
- Monitor vegetation recovery and adapt methods as needed.
Large-scale seeding and planting
High-volume planting and direct seeding programs to support offset, carbon, and conservation outcomes.
- Source and propagate local provenance native species.
- Prepare sites and install tubestock or apply seed mixes.
- Monitor establishment success and undertake infill planting.
Creekline rehabilitation and water-sensitive design
Restoration of degraded riparian zones to improve water quality, habitat connectivity, and bank stability.
- Stabilise eroded banks using bioengineering techniques.
- Remove exotic vegetation and replant native riparian species.
- Monitor hydrology and vegetation response.
Pest and weed control
Design and implement integrated pest and weed management strategies to reduce threats to biodiversity and support native ecosystem recovery.
- Map and prioritise weed infestations.
- Apply chemical, mechanical, and manual control methods.
- Coordinate ethical pest control and exclusion fencing.
- Monitor effectiveness and adapt treatment plans.
Fire break construction and maintenance
Construct and maintain fire breaks to support bushfire risk mitigation and ecological fire management.
- Design fire break alignments in consultation with landholders and fire authorities.
- Clear and maintain access tracks and buffer zones.
- Integrate with bushfire and ecological burn plans.
Nest box installation
Installation and monitoring of nest boxes to provide supplementary habitat for hollow-dependent fauna.
- Design and install species-specific nest boxes.
- Monitor occupancy and condition over time.
- Integrate with broader habitat enhancement programs.
Prescribed ecological and fuel load reduction burns
Planning and delivery of controlled burns to manage fuel loads and promote ecological processes:
- Develop burn plans in consultation with landholders and fire authorities.
- Implement burns under suitable weather and safety conditions.
- Monitor post-burn outcomes and adapt future plans.
What we bring to your project
Restoring native landscapes
Our team of ecologists, botanists, and bush regeneration specialists are highly skilled in assessing and restoring our unique native landscapes. We have applied these skills to many large-scale projects, from identifying and sourcing seeds through to planting over 200,000 trees.
Collaborative approach
Our team nurtures relationships in the same way we nurture the land. We work collaboratively with government, NGOs, communities, landholders, and Traditional Owners, and are experienced in balancing stakeholder needs with our client’s goals.
Your trusted partner in ecology, biodiversity, and restoration services
Expert team
Large, multidisciplinary team of flora and fauna ecologists, offset specialists, land restoration practitioners, fire management specialists, bushland managers, and spatial analysts.
Proven experience
Long-term partnerships with our clients built on our track record of delivering positive environmental and commercial outcomes for their projects since 2011.
Extensive scale
Projects and teams across Queensland, plus resources and expertise across NSW and Victoria from our parent company Niche, Australia’s largest privately-owned biodiversity and heritage consultancy.
On-ground capability
Pragmatic and efficient delivery of complex projects in remote locations and diverse ecosystems, combining deep technical knowledge with hands-on experience.
Safety and quality-committed
ISO certification and advanced safety systems and protocols underpins our daily operations.
No matter where you are in your project’s lifecycle, we can support your goals with our range of environmental management solutions. Get in touch to discuss your requirements.