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Alan holds degrees
in agricultural science, landscape
architecture and planning, is a Churchill
Fellow, a Registered Landscape Architect
and a Certified Environmental Practitioner,
and is a Fellow of four professional
institutes. His career over 37 years
has included University teaching &
plant physiology research, park planning
in National Parks & Wildlife Service,
managing land development for Queensland
Housing Commission, plant ecologist
and impact assessment roles with several
major multi-disciplinary consultancy
firms and a Commission of Inquiry
into Fraser Island, before establishing
his own practice. Chenoweth EPLA
now employs 9 professional staff in
Brisbane, servicing land development
clients, State and local governments,
and the planning and legal professions.
The practice is based on a commitment
to sustainable development through
a synthesis of planning, science,
design and consultation…and
this means integrating (juggling ?)
the plant sciences and landscape design
with environmental and legislative
requirements.
Among his areas
of specialisation, on which he has
presented conference papers and contributed
to publications, are landscape design
with native plants, outdoor recreation
planning, landscape evaluation and
visual impacts, assessment of conservation
significance, nature interpretation,
bushland management and revegetation,
and coastal sand mass ecology; as
well as professional practice ethics
and expert witness training.
Alan is passionate
about ecological sustainability and
establishing liveable communities
with a strong sense of place, drawing
upon the skills of the various ‘green’
professions and industries.
Consistent with
this vision, he has a preference for
local native plants (especially Queensland’s
rainforest and vine forest species)
but encourages a broader approach
to environmentally-responsible plant
selection in establishing & maintaining
subtropical landscape character. |
