We provide services that address
both local and international standards.

Our Services

The primary sectors we service include oil and gas, mining, industrial, commercial and residential development, infrastructure, planning and policy, agricultural production, natural resource management and clean energy.

We provide services that address both local and international standards where relevant, in a cost-effective manner for our clients.

CARI-ERS’s service offerings include the following major disciplines:

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
  • Biophysical and socio-economic scoping studies
  • Biophysical and socio-economic baseline assessments
  • Impact and risk assessment
  • Environmental and Social (E&S) management systems and planning
  • E&S monitoring
  • Pre-feasibility and Feasibility assessments
  • Water resource assessment and planning
BIODIVERSITY AND WATER QUALITY
  • Baseline Assessments
    • Aquatic Biodiversity
    • Terrestrial Fauna and Flora
    • Water/sediment Quality
  • Biodiversity, Water & Sediment Quality Specialist Studies for ESIAs
  • Ecotoxicology studies
  • Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs)
  • Biodiversity Management Plans (BMPs)
  • Biodiversity Offset Strategies, Calculations and Management Plans
  • Rehabilitation and Restoration, including performance assessment
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
ASSESSMENT
  • Social baseline surveys:
    • Household and community surveys
    • Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
  • Socio-economic specialist studies
  • Resettlement Action Planning (RAPs) and Implementation Monitoring
  • Social and Labour Plans (SLPs)
STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT
  • Management of direct and indirect stakeholder risks
  • Stakeholder identification and mapping
  • Stakeholder communications (particularly indigenous/traditional owner communities)
  • Stakeholder engagement for proposed projects
  • Grievance mechanisms
MINE
CLOSURE
  • Conceptual Closure Plans
  • Detailed Closure Plans
  • Closure Cost Estimations
  • Acid Rock Drainage and Metal Leaching (ARDML) Assessments
HYDROLOGICAL, GEOMORPHIC AND WATERWAY SERVICES
  • Erosion and Sediment Management Investigations
  • Landscape Erosion Estimates
  • Stream Sediment Transport Assessments/budgets
  • Surface Water Hydraulic Modelling
  • Fluvial and Coastal Geomorphology
  • Water Resource Planning
  • Site Water Balance
  • Ecosystem Sensitive Diversion/drainage Designs
  • River Naturalization Plans
  • Hydrology and Hydrographic Modelling
  • Geomorphology and Channel Design
  • Impact Mitigation and Rehabilitation
COASTAL AND
PORT STUDIES
  • Port Development Baseline and Impact Assessments
  • Habitat Mapping
  • Sediment Assessments
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Dredging Assessments/Turbidity Monitoring
  • Coastal Discharge Risk Assessments
  • Broadscale Fish and Fisheries Assessments
  • Seafood Assessments (particularly related to metals impacts)
  • Physical and Chemical Oceanography
  • Estuarine and Coastal Zone Planning, Management and Monitoring
LAND USE
PLANNING
  • National and Regional Spatial Plans
  • National and Regional Spatial Planning Strategies
  • Local Spatial Development Frameworks
  • Land Use Sensitivity/Viability Assessments
  • Land Use Management Systems
AERIAL SURVEYS AND GEOMATICS
  • Customised satellite imagery acquisition
  • Drone surveys, including ortho-photogrammetry and remote sensing
  • Linear and other built infrastructure assessments
  • Vegetation and landcover mapping
  • GIS mapping and analysis
  • Pollution and restoration monitoring
  • Habitat/ geomorphic feature mapping and monitoring
CLIMATE RISK
AND RESILIENCE
  • Climate Scenario Planning
  • Asset Risk Assessment
  • Resilience and Adaptation Planning
  • Climate Policy, Planning and Implementation
  • Green House Gas Inventories
  • Climate and Carbon Reporting
EXPERT
FACILITATION
  • Processes of Inquiry, Assisted Synthesis, Strategic Thinking and Action Planning
  • Virtual and Physical Workshop and Forum Planning and Delivery
  • Multidisciplinary Project Coordination