• Environmental Baseline Surveys

    First Nature coordinates comprehensive environmental baseline surveys by connecting clients with appropriate Indigenous ranger groups and technical partners. Our team manages project delivery, ensuring quality data collection that combines traditional knowledge with technologies like remote and proximal sensing, eDNA sampling, and passive acoustics through our technology partnerships. This approach helps our clients establish robust environmental foundations while strengthening relationships with Traditional Owners.

  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge Integration

    We leverage our extensive relationships with ranger groups and Aboriginal corporations to facilitate appropriate integration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge. First Nature's legal and policy expertise ensures proper intellectual property and data sovereignty protections while helping government agencies, corporations, and land managers incorporate Indigenous perspectives into operational practices.

  • Biodiversity Offset Monitoring and Compliance

    First Nature designs and manages biodiversity offset monitoring programs that harness the local knowledge of Indigenous ranger groups and the technical capabilities of our partners. Our team's policy expertise ensures monitoring protocols satisfy regulatory requirements while our project management capabilities deliver reliable compliance data for water utilities, extractive industries, and developers.

  • Cultural Heritage Surveys and Management

    First Nature connects property developers, government agencies, and extractive industries with appropriate Traditional Owner groups for cultural heritage surveys. Our team's legal knowledge and policy expertise ensure compliance with heritage legislation, while our project management capabilities deliver timely outcomes that minimize project risks and delays.

  • Environmental Impact Assessments

    Our Environmental Impact Assessment service leverages our policy expertise and Indigenous connections to navigate approval processes. First Nature facilitates collaboration between ranger groups, technical specialists, and clients in energy transition, agriculture, and natural resource management. Our project management approach ensures timely deliverables that satisfy regulatory requirements while building capacity in Indigenous communities.

  • Environmental Compliance Monitoring

    Our environmental compliance monitoring programs combine the local knowledge of Indigenous ranger groups with technical solutions from our partners, including Sequana for water-related monitoring. First Nature's project management and data science capabilities ensure agricultural businesses, energy companies, and infrastructure developers receive reliable, well-documented compliance data that satisfies regulatory requirements.

  • Energy independce

    Remote-managed solar microgrids and renewable energy solutions for Indigenous communities and remote operations. We facilitate partnerships between Traditional Owners, technology providers, and corporates to deliver energy independence through culturally appropriate clean energy infrastructure and capacity building programs.

  • Cultural flows planning

    We provide comprehensive Cultural Flows planning services that honour traditional knowledge while meeting contemporary water management challenges. We partner with First Nations groups to develop culturally-informed water management solutions that strengthen community capacity through flows plan development and governance, business planning, water rights advocacy, and environmental data generation and interpretation.