Baseline biodiversity surveys
Multi-season terrestrial and marine biodiversity baselines for EIA, ESIA and operational permits.
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02 — Service · KSA · BHR · Est. 2009
Climate strategy that compounds.
Sustainability strategies, GHG inventories, decarbonisation roadmaps, and ESG disclosure frameworks aligned with Vision 2030 and international standards.
STATERRA’s proven track record of projects in the region, and wide knowledge of its habitat and species, makes us the perfect partner for all your ecological consultancy needs — from desert ecology and wadi systems to coastal mangroves and intertidal zones.
Our ecologists pair fieldwork with regulatory fluency: every survey we run is designed against the regulator that will read it, the construction window it has to fit, and the mitigation cost it’s actually trying to control. Data quality first; everything else follows.
We work as the ecological lead on EIAs, as the protected-species partner on infrastructure programmes, and as standalone ecological monitoring partners on long-running operational sites.
02Capabilities
Capabilities across the ecological lifecycle.
Nine specialist disciplines under one practice — assembled into the right team for the question on the table.
Protected species assessment
Specialist surveys for IUCN-listed and locally protected species, including mitigation and translocation strategies.
Habitat mapping & classification
Field-validated habitat mapping integrated with remote sensing and GIS for landscape-scale planning.
Mangrove & intertidal ecology
Coastal habitat assessment, mangrove delineation, and intertidal community monitoring.
Wadi & arid ecosystems
Native flora and fauna assessments tailored to KSA’s desert and wadi systems.
Ecological impact assessment
EcIA inputs into EIAs aligned with KSA & BHR regulatory frameworks and international guidance.
Mitigation hierarchy & offsets
Avoidance, minimisation, restoration, and offset planning — defensible and delivery-ready.
Construction-phase monitoring
On-site ecological monitoring through construction, with rapid escalation and reporting paths.
Operational ecological audits
Long-term ecological monitoring and audit cycles for operational permits and ESG disclosure.
03Our approach
How we move from brief to delivery.
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Scoping & site review
We begin with the regulator, the receptor, and the construction window — a focused scoping memo that aligns the team on what data must be collected, when, and why.
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Field campaigns & data acquisition
Multi-season surveys delivered by experienced field ecologists, with quality control built into the protocol — not bolted on at the report stage.
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Assessment, mitigation & reporting
Defensible impact assessments, pragmatic mitigation hierarchies, and reports written to be read by the regulator — not just filed.
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Construction & operational support
We don’t hand off at permit. Construction-phase monitoring, audits, and operational ecological reporting follow the project through commissioning and beyond.
04Deliverables
What you get when we’re done.
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Baseline ecology report
Field-validated biodiversity inventory, with regulator-ready methods and statistics, and GIS deliverables.
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Protected species register
IUCN/local-listing register with sensitivity mapping and mitigation triggers.
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Ecological impact assessment
Standalone EcIA or EIA chapter, written to your regulator’s expectations.
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Mitigation & monitoring plan
Hierarchy-based mitigation, monitoring methodology, escalation and reporting paths.
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GIS dataset
Versioned habitat, receptor, and constraint mapping — handed over and yours to keep.
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Permit support pack
Regulator-facing summary, technical appendices, response to comments — built for review.
05Proof
A recent piece of work in this practice.
Recent project · KSA
Multi-site ecological baseline across an industrial estate.
Two-season biodiversity baseline across a Saudi industrial landscape — flora, avifauna, mammals and invertebrates. Mapped sensitivities to footprint, sequenced mitigation, delivered the regulator pack on the construction critical path.
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