Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management and Development
| Duration: 1 year full time, 2 years part time Minimum: 48 units The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management and Development is designed for students who, while coming from a diversity of academic backgrounds, desire to extend their theoretical and applied knowledge of environmental management issues. Grounded in the philosophy of sustainable development, the program aims to develop an understanding of the individual discipline based concepts and theoretical paradigms in economics, ecology and social science. The program also raises awareness of the complexity of addressing environmental conservation goals. Concepts are applied to problems of social and economic development and environmental management, particularly in the developing country context. |
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Program Director: Associate Professor Luca TacconiLuca Tacconi has an extensive list of publications and has worked in distinguished national and international agencies and for several governments around the world. His work is focused on improving knowledge about the theory and the management of natural resources in order to support policies and initiatives aimed at reducing rural poverty and conserving natural resources. He conducts rigorous, policy-oriented research that seeks to propose options for reducing negative changes in the environment and thier impacts. His research has been supported by the European Union, Japanese, Indonesian, United States, Vanuatu and Australian governments as well as the World Bank and various conservation agencies. |
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