Environmental consulting services across NSW
Pioneering Environmental
Services in Greater Sydney
Biodiversity, arboriculture, and sustainability services for development, infrastructure, government, research, and education projects, delivered by one team from early constraints advice through approval, construction, and compliance.
Biodiversity, arboriculture, and sustainability services in NSW
ESEA provides three connected groups of environmental services in New South Wales.
Biodiversity services cover statutory ecological assessment requirements, including Biodiversity Development Assessment Reports (BDARs), Reviews of Environmental Factors (REFs), vegetation management plans (VMPs), threatened species surveys, Controlled Activity Approval advice, fauna surveys using thermal imaging, drones, and eDNA, dam dewatering and fauna rescue, and independent peer review.
Arboriculture services cover arboricultural impact assessments (AIA), project arborist support, tree risk assessment, habitat replacement, and clearing supervision.
Sustainability advisory services cover report scoping, ESG support, ESIA scoping, management plans, community needs assessment, and technical peer review.
Biodiversity assessment and ecological advisory
Statutory assessment and ecological advice under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, and the Water Management Act 2000, led and reviewed by a BAM Accredited Assessor.
Biodiversity Development Assessment Reports and Flora and Fauna Assessments
Project Ecologist
Review of Environmental Factors
Vegetation Management Plans
Biodiversity Stewardship
Controlled Activity Approvals
Targeted Species Surveys
Ecological Research and Monitoring
Wildlife Drone Surveys
eDNA Assessments
Thermal Fauna Surveys
Aquatic Assessments
Dam Dewatering and Fauna Rescue
Ecological Peer Review
Sustainability and environmental advisory
Proportionate support for organisations seeking to understand, organise, and report environmental and sustainability information, led by our environmental and sustainability consultants.
Sustainability Reporting
ESG Advisory
ESIA Scoping
Environmental and Social Management Plans
Community Needs Assessment
Sustainability Peer Review
Arboriculture and tree management
Arboricultural assessment and project support delivered as an integrated part of our environmental consultancy, so tree impacts, habitat values, and ecological constraints are assessed consistently across the same project.
Arboricultural Impact Assessments
Project Arborist
Tree Risk Assessment
Nest Box and Tree Hollow Relocation
Vegetation Clearing Supervision and Certification
One team from constraints to certification
Most projects need more than one of these services, and the order matters.
A biodiversity due diligence review or Flora and Fauna Assessment early in design helps establish the approval pathway and identify the main ecological constraints. That informs the project design layout, which can in turn affect whether a BDAR, Controlled Activity Approval, arboricultural impact assessment, or vegetation management plan is required.
Once consent or approval is granted, the same evidence can carry into pre-clearing surveys, clearing supervision, habitat replacement, and certification. By delivering these services as one integrated team, ESEA ensures your project ecologist maintains an in-depth understanding of your project, enabling them to provide informed, strategic, and timely advice throughout each stage of development to support successful project outcomes.
Environmental approval without the project delays.
At ESEA, we deliver practical, strategically informed environmental assessment and compliance solutions that support project approvals while helping maximise development potential, subdivision yield, and Gross Floor Area.
Start with the site or project
Tell us about your site, project, or research programme, what you are looking to achieve, and the current stage of your project. We will review the available information, identify the likely environmental requirements, and prepare an itemised proposal, typically within two business days for straightforward enquiries.
