Arne Bishop

Arne has over 20 years’ experience in the environmental sector. Arne’s current and previous roles have provided him with an extensive knowledge of a plethora of exotic and endemic NSW flora, fauna, ecological communities and migratory species. He conducts ecological impact assessments and monitoring programs on a daily basis, which aim to identify appropriate performance indicators for monitoring and managing potential impacts upon threatened entities through Trigger Action Response Plans. Threatened entities include; threatened flora, fauna, populations and communities listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and/or Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act).
Arne is an accredited person under the Biodiversity Assessment Methodology (BAM). Prior to the introduction of the BAM, Arne was a BioBanking Assessor and has conducted BioBanking assessments for Major Projects (State Significant Infrastructure and State Significant Developments) under the Framework for Biodiversity Assessment (OEH 2014) and assessments for smaller developments under the BioBanking Assessment Methodology (OEH 2014). Arne also conducts EPBC offset calculations under the EPBC Act Environmental Offsets Policy (SEWPAC 2012).