Queensland

Since GISERA’s launch in 2011, over 30 projects have commenced in Qld and most have been completed. Work has been centered around the Surat Basin.

Eucalypt buds and leaves

Guidelines for offset population sizes

Modelling for viable populations of rare plant species

Field monitoring

Ambient air quality in the Surat Basin

Assessing air quality to identify potential impacts

Whole of life cycle greenhouse gas assessment

Analysing whole-of-life GHG emissions including domestic and offshore gas usage

Telling the story

Understanding community changes during CSG development

Community function and wellbeing 2

Measuring responses to change, arising from ongoing resource development

Constraining water flows in the Surat

Modelling groundwater flow rates and volumes in the Surat Basin, Queensland

Farmer herding sheep with a quad bike

Understanding community aspirations

Identifying how communities see the future of their region

Economic assessment and forecasting

Forecasting potential impacts to arm local business in Queensland

photo of Rutidosis lantana

Ensuring biodiversity offset success: the right kind of seed for a rare daisy

Determining the re-establishment success of a rare daisy

Gas well infrastructure in the Surat Basin

Hydrocarbons in groundwater, Surat and Bowen Basins

Investigating possible geogenic and gas industry hydrocarbons in groundwater

Habitat selection by two focal species

Investigating CSG development impacts on two Queensland species

Monitoring equipment in back of utility vehicle

Methane seepage in the Surat Basin

Measuring methane seepage and providing baseline data

Ant being held between two fingers

Fire ecology of grassy woodlands

Assessing fire and CSG development impacts on Queensland grassy woodland systems

Priority threat identification and management

Managing threats to biodiversity in CSG development areas

Man talking at town hall

Community function and wellbeing 1

Reviewing indicators of community response to major developments

Monitoring regional transition

Tracking impacts of regional socio-economic change

Without a trace

Avoiding damage to and improving agricultural soils

Making tracks, treading carefully

Understanding impacts of tracks and traffic

Gas-Farm design

Designing farms for multiple land uses

Shared space

Understanding how farmers perceive CSG developments