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| Niche Environment and Heritage Pty Ltd is an Australian company formed in 2009. Niche has three co-founders and directors Dr Rhidian Harrington, Jamie Reeves and Matthew Richardson. Prior to founding Niche Rhidian, Jamie and Matt worked together for over 6 years. Now that experience and strong working relationship is combined in Niche. |
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Rhidian Harrington PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons)
Rhidian has been a professional ecological consultant for over seven years, but has over 14 years experience in teaching and practicing terrestrial wildlife ecology. He has experience in flora and fauna survey, GIS and project management of environmental approvals projects. Rhidian has conducted ecological work throughout Australia (NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory) as well as overseas in southern Africa and Pakistan. He has been the senior scientist and project manager on a number of major investigations, including environmental assessments, management plans and mitigation design, particularly for major linear developments for the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW Department of Planning and Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
Rhidian is experienced in the application of state and federal legislation which relates to the conservation of threatened species, populations and communities, and related planning instruments, including State Environmental Planning Policies and Regional Environmental Plans.
As the project manager for both large and small projects, Rhidian has been required to develop methodology, co-ordinate multi disciplined field teams, prepare reports incorporating results from several disciplines and maintain effective communication with the client and various regulatory and/or public authorities. Rhidian has acted as an expert witness in the NSW Land and Environment Court.
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Jamie Reeves BA (Hons)
Jamie has worked as a professional archaeologist and project manager for 11 years. Jamie has experience in dealing with community groups, government agencies and representative bodies at all levels. Jamie’s project experience extends across a wide range of industry sectors, including: utilities installations; major infrastructure; cultural heritage landscape management; minerals exploration; and in particular impacts to cultural heritage from subsidence in the Southern Coal Field of NSW.
With 11 years experience Jamie has worked in every region of NSW and has established a strong record for producing high quality, highly innovative cultural heritage assessment and management projects. |
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Matthew Richardson BSc (Hons), Grad Dip Div
Matt has been a professional environmental consultant for over 11 years. He has principally worked with large projects and clients in infrastructure, utilities provision, mining, extractive industry and minerals exploration. Matt has experience flora and fauna surveys, Species Impacts Statements, Vegetation mapping and Environmental Approvals.
Matt achieved his first class honors degree in Science at the University of Wollongong and his thesis addressed breeding success in native plants. Having worked in the Southern Coal Field for most of the last decade Matt has specialist knowledge of the relationship between mine subsidence and ecological values. |
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NATHAN SMITH BSc, Cert IV (Bushland Regeneration)
Nathan has 13 years experience in the fields of natural area management and ecological consulting. Nathan has managed bush regeneration and mine site rehabilitation projects, vegetation management plans, ecological monitoring surveys, vegetation surveys and mapping, opportunities and constraints assessments, terrestrial and aquatic ecological assessments, reviews of environmental factors and impact assessments. He has managed large projects at both the State and Commonwealth level of assessment including Species Impact Statements, Referrals and Part 3A assessments. A key strength of Nathan’s is his exposure to a diverse range of environments involving remote area ecological survey and assessment. In particular he has carried out and managed ecological surveys in Western Cape York, North-eastern NSW, the NSW Central Coast, the Illawarra and Sydney Catchment Area, NSW Western Slopes and Plains, the New England Tableland and also Victoria. In particular, Nathan is experienced in ecological assessment of subsidence related impacts due to long wall mining. He has also been involved heavily in some of the very first Biobanking Assessments. |
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