Projects

Paul Foreman

Paul Foreman is a highly regarded and skilled field botanist and ecologist with over 23 years of experience in land management and nature conservation across a range of sectors and in a range of technical, strategic and management roles throughout Victoria and many other parts of Australia. Paul has an undergraduate degree in Forestry from the University of Melbourne and completed a Botany Masters of Science in Northern Plains Grassland ecology at La Trobe University in 1996.

Property bushland assessment

Property flora and vegetation assessment, management planning and conservation monitoring, Central Victoria

Individual property owners are often interested in receiving property-specific information and advice around protecting and enhancing their remnant bushland habitat and tracking the progress of their conservation management. This project involved undertaking a detailed survey of the remnant vegetation across a ~80 ha property near Newham in central Victoria, producing a high resolution vegetation map, a detailed species list, establishing permanent monitoring sites and providing guidelines on how best to manage and restore the property’s biodiversity. The guidelines included maps detailing proposed management and a kind of longer term vision; an impression of what the property might look like in the future should the proposed management be implemented. The detail produced by such property-specific assessment helps better support landholders’ on-ground decision making and maximise the success of their conservation efforts.

“Thank you very much for the maps and flora list. It is an excellent level of detail which we really appreciate.” – Property Owner, Newham.