Scientific and Technical Services to Develop and Test a Program to Monitor Social Impacts of the South East Queensland Horse-trails Network (SEQ-HTN)

The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) requires the services of suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the provision of scientific and technical services to develop and test a program to monitor social impacts of the South East Queensland Horse-trails Network (SEQ-HTN).

The objective of the Horse Trails Scientific Monitoring Program (the monitoring program) is to monitor horse riding usage on the South-east Queensland Parks Horse Trail Network through SEQ protected areas to identify any impacts of such use and recommend management actions to address impacts. This includes potential impacts from horse riding and the HTN that are either social (i.e. affect people’s perceptions or amenity) or biophysical (i.e. affect infrastructure, native species, ecosystem functions, weeds or any one of many other environmental factors). The objective of this consultancy is to develop and test a program to monitor social impacts of the South East Queensland Horse-trails Network.