Provision of services and advice for ecosystem establishment and landform studies

Services will include:

- research relating to ecosystem establishment and sustainability, landform performance and monitoring techniques for mine site rehabilitation;
- collaborative project work on the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for assessing mine site rehabilitation, with a focus on hyperspectral and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data collection;
- RPAS data processing and analysis for ecosystem assessment and subsequent reporting in peer-reviewed literature;
- evaluation of mining related applications, plans and reports from an ecosystem establishment and sustainability, landform performance and civil engineering perspective;
- participation in workshops, meetings and technical forums as a mine rehabilitation specialist on behalf of the Department; and
- the provision of formal assessment reports and ad hoc advice on a range of mine site rehabilitation matters.

The services above will be related to mining activities at the Ranger uranium mine including:

- evaluation of revegetation strategies, proposals and landform plans;
- assessment of monitoring programs for the final landform including ecosystem establishment and sustainability;
- operationalising the collection and analysis of data from RPAS at the landscape scale using a range of sensors, including hyperspectral and LiDAR imagery;
- bulk backfill of mined out pits; and
- other mining and mine rehabilitation related activities as required.