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Sawland Environmental provides expert biosecurity and pest management services across the agriculture, biosecurity, conservation, and broader environmental management sectors. Our experienced team, seasoned in both comprehensive end-to-end project management and intricate field operations, provides clients with a seamless, full-service approach to tackling environmental threats.
Aerial Bait Delivery
Aerial Bait Delivery
End-to-end project management and delivery of operations for the control of vertebrate pests and predators using aerially applied toxins such as sodium fluoroacetate (1080).
End-to-end project management and delivery of operations for the control of vertebrate pests and predators using aerially applied toxins such as sodium fluoroacetate (1080).
Large scale aerial operations
Large scale aerial operations
Sawland personnel have particular expertise in the management of large and technically challenging operations, including operations covering in excess of 100,000 hectares involving nine helicopters and upwards of 50 personnel on site across six subcontracting partners.
Sensitive Environments
Sensitive Environments
Our personnel have undertaken aerial operations in a range of environments including high-country areas where farming activities such as livestock grazing are sensitive to the timing and accuracy of baiting, operations in close proximity to residential areas where the safety of water supplies and companion animals is a significant factor, operations where non-target wildlife and game animals may be harmed, and operations that attract significant public interest.
End-to-End Project Management
End-to-End Project Management
Our project management approach is structured into distinct phases, ensuring that Sawland Environmental consistently delivers high-quality, safe, and environmentally responsible outcomes for its clients, contributing to the protection of New Zealand's natural heritage and rural economy.
Our project management approach is structured into distinct phases, ensuring that Sawland Environmental consistently delivers high-quality, safe, and environmentally responsible outcomes for its clients, contributing to the protection of New Zealand's natural heritage and rural economy.
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Initiation & Planning
Initiation & Planning
Client needs assessment.
Scope definition - agreement on control methodologies and project objectives including contract specifications and timeframes.
Identification and assessment of risks and opportunities.
Development of a site specific safety plan.
Resource planning - people, plant, equipment and materials, including subcontractors.
Ensuring all necessary permits, consents and compliance requirements are identified and secured.
Detailed operational planning - operational design including control areas / identification of boundaries, and the development of planning documents.
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Mobilisation & Execution
Mobilisation & Execution
Affected and interested party consultation, communication and engagement.
Preparation and submission of applications for statutory approvals.
GIS services including acquisition and management of spatial data, creation of maps and other spatial outputs.
Management and delivery of field work including supervision of subcontractors.
Dynamic risk management.
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Monitoring & Control
Monitoring & Control
Liaison with regulatory agencies.
Progress tracking against the operational and site specific safety plan.
Quality assurance to ensure work meets client expectations and compliance with statutory approvals.
Incident and hazard management - prompt reporting and investigation of all incidents, near misses and newly identified hazards.
Environmental performance - monitoring environmental impacts and ensure adherence to environmental controls.
Communication - maintaining open and transparent communication with clients and stakeholders.
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Close-Out & Review
Close-Out & Review
Post operational reporting.
Provision of records and associated data deliverables.
Project debrief - actively seeking feedback from clients to ensure satisfaction and identify opportunities for improvement.
Consultancy
Consultancy
Our rich, multi-faceted experience enables us to readily identify opportunities and proactively anticipate risks for our clients, allowing us to provide sound, strategic, and informed advice.
Our rich, multi-faceted experience enables us to readily identify opportunities and proactively anticipate risks for our clients, allowing us to provide sound, strategic, and informed advice.
Consultation and engagement with landowners and other communities of interest to meet consultation and notification requirements, as well as to gain approval for inclusion of land.
Preparation of applications for statutory permissions such as VTA approvals issued by the Department of Conservation and National Public Health Service, and including related material such as Assessment of Environmental Effects and comprehensive mapping.
Development of service delivery plans, including provision of advice as to operational design and selection of appropriate control methodologies.
Implementation of processes aligned to ISO standards 45001 and 14001 to manage the suite of health, safety and environmental risks inherent in the delivery of pest management operations.
Subcontractor procurement and management including onsite control and integration with other operational elements, comprehensive pre-start briefings and ongoing quality control.
Operational oversight of aerial baiting and related ancillary tasking such as water supply mitigation, sign management, facility closure and clearances, bait and carcass monitoring.
Acquisition, analysis and management of geospatial data using GIS software, and related bait management and tracking onsite.
Post-operational reporting including National Public Health Service, Environmental Protection Authority and regional council / unitary authority.
Our Clients
Our Clients
Our vision is to partner with a diverse range of clients across New Zealand, working together to achieve their biosecurity and pest management goals. We aim for each project to be a collaboration, and we are committed to delivering results that meet the specific needs of our clients and contribute to the health of our natural environment.
Our vision is to partner with a diverse range of clients across New Zealand, working together to achieve their biosecurity and pest management goals. We aim for each project to be a collaboration, and we are committed to delivering results that meet the specific needs of our clients and contribute to the health of our natural environment.
Government Agencies
Government Agencies
Department of Conservation, Regional Councils, Crown Research Institutes.
Iwi and Hāpu Groups
Iwi and Hāpu Groups
Providing specialist guidance and skills to facilitate the culturally sensitive delivery of land and environmental projects.
Private Landowners & Businesses
Private Landowners & Businesses
Private and institutional landowners such as forestry and agriculture. Joint industry / government programmes such as OSPRI New Zealand.
Non-Governmental Organisations
Non-Governmental Organisations
Environmental trusts, community conservation groups.
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