Verterra provides environmental services that integrate technical consulting services and proven project delivery skills. Verterra is an Australian leader and innovator in beneficial use of waste water from mining, coal seam gas and municipal applications – delivering cost effective and environmentally sound solutions.Verterra is a leader in ecological engineering theory and practice. Verterra delivers land, water and vegetation management solutions, turning risk into value for organisations seeking positive economic, environmental and community outcomes. We apply scientific knowledge of ecosystems and practical experience in partnership with our clients.In the early 19th century, the Anglican clergyman and political economist, Thomas Malthus laid out the apocalyptic theory that geometric growth in the world’s population would exceed the planet’s ability to produce food and resources.  His views contrast directly with those of Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Solow, who in the mid-20th century expounded the theory that the world’s environmental and resource problems could be solved by technology and innovation.  Notable examples include the growth in agricultural production delivered by the green revolution of the mid-20th century, and an array of processes that turn waste into valuable resources.At Verterra we subscribe to the need for a balance between Malthusian and Solovian principles.  Our future lies in a balance between minimising waste and efficient, innovative utilisation of our resources to develop enduring solutions that turn today's risk into tomorrow’s value.  To achieve this, we bring a combination of leading edge science combined with practical management experience and rational economics to develop tailored solutions to environmental and resource problems ranging from management of associated mine water and degraded land rehabilitation to production of renewable resources and improved agricultural land productivity.  Our solutions take a triple bottom line approach, aiming to deliver environmental benefits and positive community outcomes together with sound financial returns.  Starting with benchmarking of soil, water, flora and fauna resources, we assess inherent land capability and design solutions that meet both technical limitations and client aspirations.Verterra’s novel approach to maximising the benefits of environmental services from vegetation-land-water systems has delivered significant value to our clients across applications ranging from beneficial use of coal seam gas and mine water, production of biofuels, renewable timber resources and perennial fodder crops, integrated grazing productivity-biodiversity-carbon bio-sequestration, mine site and degraded land rehabilitation to native habitat regeneration.Verterra is Australia's first full service Ecological Engineering Company. Verterra has integrated capabilities in research, consulting and operational management, specialising in vegetation, land and water management for delivery of environmental services and production of bio-renewables from managed and natural vegetation.Verterra was founded in 1999 as a specialist technical advisory consultancy focussing on technology, production systems and intellectual property in the forestry, agricultural and natural resource management sectors. The company was restructured in 2008, and has since grown rapidly to provide integrated research, consulting and operational management services. Verterra specialises in providing vegetation, land and water management services, to a wide range of industry sectors including oil and gas, mining, energy, power, water resources, forestry and agriculture.Verterra’s main areas of consulting include soil surveying, detailed land assessment, site-species matching, feasibility studies for irrigated forest and crop development, general environmental consulting, environmental monitoring, hydrogeology and economic evaluation of alternative crop options. Verterra also specialises in consulting advice in relation to land management for delivery of environmental services including carbon bio-sequestration, vegetation offsets, habitat management and by-product water management. Verterra has particular expertise in the full spectrum of capabilities required to undertake feasibility studies into irrigated solutions for beneficial use of waste and by-product waters.Verterra’s main areas of operational delivery include establishment and management of intensive forest plantations (dryland and irrigated), establishment and assessment of bio-diverse native forest, and intensive fodder crops (dryland and irrigated).Verterra combines highly skilled and nationally certified environmental scientists, with highly experienced land, crop, irrigation and vegetation management practitioners, to develop and implement innovative end-to-end solutions. The combination of Verterra’s skills and practical management experience ensure reliable delivery of outcomes suited to our clients’ specific site conditions, expectations, operating constraints and compliance requirements.