Wambo Coal AEMR 2011-2012 - Peabody Energy

Curriculum Vitae
ROB SANSOM
Botanist/Ecologist
Newcastle, NSW
Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of New England
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Robert has over eleven years experience in undertaking a diverse array of ecological and environmental surveys
and assessments. Rob has also produced or sourced background information on ecological and environmental
matters for use by expert witnesses in support of clients in the NSW Land and Environment Court.
Rob’s fields of special competence are Threatened Flora species searches; Threatened Flora, Vegetation and
Bushland Management Plans; delineation and GPS plotting of Vegetation Community boundaries; and species /
community / wetland monitoring surveys and reporting.
• Environmental and ecological impact assessment, monitoring and reporting
• Terrestrial flora and habitat survey design, execution, analysis and reporting
• Spatial mapping of vegetation and threatened flora species using differentially corrected
• GPS accurate to less than 1 metre
• Understanding of threatened species legislation, issues and requirements
• Bushland and vegetation management planning and monitoring
• Threatened Flora Management Plans and Monitoring
• Bushfire Threat Assessments
• Production of a wide variety of reports and assessments
• Targeted threatened flora surveys
• Flora identification and habitat assessment
• Delineation and GPS mapping of vegetation community boundaries
• Ecological Community quality assessments and reports
• Experience in PATN Statistical package
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
Mining
• Angus Place – Flora and Fauna Impact Assessment for proposed longwall mining. Includes vegetation surveys,
Community Mapping, Flora Species Identification and assessment under the NSW Threatened Species
Conservation Act 1995, (TSC Act 1995) and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999, (EPBC Act 1999).
• Bulga Mine Refuelling Facility – Flora and Fauna Impact Assessment including field survey, vegetation
community mapping, flora species identification, writing of Flora and Fauna Assessment to address the
requirements of the TSC Act (1995) and the EPBC Act (1999).
Infrastucture
• Transgrid - Mangrove Mountain – Targeted searches for threatened flora species (Tetratheca glandulosa and
Prostanthera junonis) prior to regular maintenance of high voltage power line easements, mark-up and mapping of
locations, population extent and counts.
• Transgrid - Bulga – Targeted searches for threatened flora species and endangered ecological communities
prior to regular maintenance of high voltage power line easements, mark-up and mapping of locations and
extent. Flora and Fauna Assessment to address the requirements of the TSC Act (1995) and the EPBC Act
(1999).
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