Vegetation & Land Management

Looking after our ecosystems

Weed identification and associated licenced control

AA&ES weed control professionals have the qualifications and experience to complete large or small weed and/or regrowth control jobs.

Our technical expertise allows us to manage difficult and complex environmental weed control problems and natural restoration projects. All requiring precise application and management.

AA&ES is equipped with the right resources and equipment to meet any weed management requirements. We are specialists in providing the right solution for the job and pride ourselves on delivering quality results and reliability.

Safety is never compromised in our work. All AA&ES staff are adequately trained and supervised. Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) are jointly developed for each job and the appropriate PPE is supplied.

AA&ES is fully licensed for chemical use and is fully insured:

  • Professional Indemnity Insurance
  • Public Liability Insurance
  • Work Cover
  • Comprehensive Equipment Insurance
  • All vehicles are fitted with IVMS

Our highly qualified and experienced staff have the knowledge to develop ongoing vegetation management solutions, aimed at keeping noxious weeds and unwanted vegetation growth under control.

Facilities grounds, landscape and open spaces management

AA&ES has a team of highly qualified and experienced vegetation management professionals enabling the most cost effective delivery of integrated weed/vegetation management and control solutions.

We are experts at delivering services on all manner of major infrastructure areas.

We offer fixed price, outcome based services allowing  for complete cost control.

Services:

  • Development of vegetation management plans
  • Specialised weed control using the most efficient and environmentally responsible methods
  • Slashing (all machines fitted with IVMS and slashers fitted with hydraulic fans to minimise spread of material)
  • Tree removal
  • Regrowth management
  • RoW vegetation management

AA&ES can also guarantee there will be no delays to due to ineffective or inappropriate weed/vegetation management. As industry leaders we pride ourselves on safely delivering results on time, on budget, guaranteed.

Fencing maintenance and erection of new fencing

The fencing of environmentally significant areas is vitally important in integrated pest/vegetation management.

AA&ES has the experience and capacity to provide the following fencing solutions:

  • Fencing of Environmentally significant areas
  • Fencing of weed outbreak areas
  • Pest animal exclusion fencing
  • Fencing repairs

As a well rounded Conservation and Land Management business we feel that adequate fencing forms part of the management toolbox for any successful project.

Pest animal management .

AA&ES Directors boast many years experience with feral animal management in Queensland. At the Queensland Pest Animal Symposium, 2008, Cairns Steven Keating spoke about his involvement with pest animal management in remote communities.

Our services include:

Pest animal management

  1. Pest animal monitoring programs
  2. Predator scat identification and analysis
  3. Predator stomach content analysis and parasite count/identification
  4. Pest animal management plans
  5. GPS tracking
  6. Consultancy services on all aspects of feral animal management
  7. Instruction in live capture trapping techniques
  8. UAV monitoring
  9. Fencing of significant areas

Pest animal control

  1. Species specific management/control programs
  2. Utilising ‘best practice’ methodology suited to specific areas ie urban, peri-urban and rural

Monitoring Programs

  1. Sand plot monitoring (Passive Activity Index)

The Passive Tracking Index is a method of using animal tracks to estimate the relative abundance of animals in an area. Being a passive index, no baits or attractants are used, thereby limiting potential changes to wildlife behaviour.

Remote Camera Surveillance

Remote cameras are very successful for recording digital still and moving images of introduced pest species and local native fauna during monitoring programs.

Images of animals can be captured whilst the animals are traversing selected sand plots. Cameras also provide data on the date and time of the night that ‘specific’ pest animals species are frequenting the survey area. This information assists the pest animal manager in selecting the best locations to place traps.

Spotlight surveys

Spotlighting for pest animals is undertaken along selected transects within the survey area to obtain supporting information on pest animal numbers and distribution in the study area.

General Information

Pest animals have significant economic, environmental and social impacts.

They have the potential to adversely alter ecosystem function, reduce primary industry productivity and profitability, and threaten human and animal health.

Economic impacts

Pest animals reduce the viability of primary industries, which account for a significant proportion of Queensland’s export income.

The impacts of some animals are well documented; however, the true cost of pest animals to Queensland’s economy is unknown and difficult to quantify.

Feral pigs alone have been estimated to reduce grain production by $12 million a year.

Wild dogs cost $33 million a year in livestock losses, diseases spread and control.

The cost of each mouse plague is estimated at $10-$20 million in lost agricultural production and $1.5 million in landowner and government control.

Negative economic impacts of pest animals include:

  1. Direct control and management costs
  2. Predation of livestock by wild dogs, foxes and feral pigs
  3. Competition for resources
  4. Destruction of natural resources through soil disturbance and removal of vegetation
  5. Destruction of pastures and crops
  6. Creation of general nuisance in urban and rural residential areas and associated management
  7. Reduction of nature-based tourism due to destruction of natural resources.

Many pest animals are susceptible to, and could act as carriers for, a range of exotic diseases including foot-and-mouth, African swine fever and rabies. If these diseases were to enter Australia they would affect livestock and humans, and the cost of control and management would be considerable.

Environmental impacts

Introduced pest animals place considerable pressure on native plants and animals. While some impacts have been well documented, the true impact of pest animals on Queensland’s environment is unknown and difficult to quantify.

Negative environmental impacts include:

  1. Direct predation on native fauna – foxes and feral cats have been implicated in the decline or extinction of at least 17 native species
  2. Destruction of habitats and natural resources including reduction in water quality, increased soil erosion and land degradation, destruction of native plants that provide food and shelter to native species
  3. Competition with native animals for food and shelter
  4. Poisoning of native animals and spreading disease – the decline of native predators has been attributed to poisoning from cane toads.

Some pest animals impact on specific habitats or species; others are more general and affect many species, ecosystems and ecological and physical processes.

These impacts can lead to reduced populations of native species, a decline in the quality and quantity of their habitats, and ultimately the extinction of some native species.

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What we do

Ask us about:
  • Weed Hygiene Inspections
  • Wash Down Systems
  • Weed Hygiene Training
  • Pest Management Services
  • Professional/Consultancy Services
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