Simon Danielsen is an ecologist with 22 years’ experience in ecological consultancy, vegetation management policy and decision making, and botanical identification.
He has been involved at a senior level in ecological field investigations, reporting and the impact assessment/approval process for many of the largest infrastructure proposals in Queensland and the Northern Territory in the last two decades, including:
Urannah dam project near Eungella in central Queensland, Hell’s Gate dam project near Charters Towers in north Queensland, Project Sea Dragon (Sea Farm Group) in the NT (sites near Kununurra and Darwin), Adelaide River Off-stream Storage proposal (NT), Lakeland Irrigation Project near Cooktown in north Queensland Carmichael Coal Mine, Labona Station in central Queensland, Hancock’s proposed rail link from Alpha to Abbot Point, central Queensland, Chinalco bauxite proposal (Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula). Simon is the Principal Ecologist/Botanist of Astrebla Ecological Services, a consulting sole trading operation he started in April 2015. Astrebla Ecological Services offers:
Accredited Expert advice under the Accounting for Nature (AfN) framework, and Registered Advisor advice under the Land Restoration Fund (LRF), for projects looking to claim ecological co-benefits from the LRF or register an Environmental Account with AfN. Vegetation community (regional ecosystem) surveys and mapping, Threatened species surveys - Simon is a recognised ‘suitably qualified person’ under the Queensland Flora Survey Guideline - Protected Plants and has completed over 40 protected plant surveys since 2015. He has also received pre-approval as a botanist for surveys conducted for the Commonwealth EPBC Act, BioCondition surveys - Simon has undertaken BioCondition surveys since 2008 and completed a BioCondition refresher course in 2019, Ecological monitoring surveys, Weed surveys, mapping and management plans, Poaceae and Cyperaceae training workshops (in-house or public), Ecological advice in relation to development and infrastructure projects, and Document review and overflow ecology services to other consultancies. Simon has extensive experience in the Brigalow Belt, Einasleigh Uplands, Central Queensland and South-East Queensland bioregions, and the North Kennedy district (Cairns-Cooktown-Atherton Tableland region).