2024

Biolink frequently provide reports to private landholders in association with Development Applications (DAs). Depending on the provisions of the Local Government Area (Local Council) these may include Koala Habitat Assessments, Koala Activity Reports, or other specific reports which address local Koala Plans of Management (KPoMs) or other relevant environmental regulations.

Resurveying permanent monitoring points across Elanora and Currumbin Waters on behalf of the City of Gold Coast Council to provide updated data on koala occupancy, habitat utilisation and density estimates. Spatial and temporal analysis provided context to observed changes in the koala population (surveyed every two years since 2012) and an understanding of the population

Following the development of a standardised population monitoring methodology by Biolink in 2021, this project represented the second round of survey for threatened black-breasted button-quails on behalf of the City of Ipswich Council. Sites were a mix of resurveying formerly established sites and the geographic expansion of the program to two additional Council managed Estates.

Assessment of 55 sites across three NPWS Estates (Bundjalung National Park, Mount Neville Nature Reserve and Bungawalbin National Park and State Conservation Area) using unbiased grid-based approach to assess vegetation and estimate koala carrying capacity. The project included the development of a fit-for-purpose methodology (vegetation quadrats), field survey and reporting with recommendations to inform a

On-going monitoring of koala occupancy, activity levels and density across the Lismore Koala Plan of Management (KPoM) planning area. This project, carried out on behalf of Lismore City Council, also included an LGA-wide assessment of historic koala sightings records to address possible changes in the broader geographic extent of koala occupancy. A detailed threats analysis