Graduate Diploma in Resource Management

Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua

As people disappear, the land remains

Want to protect our environment and natural resources? Well, so do we, and we need you to help achieve that ambition.

This one-year graduate diploma will develop your understanding of the economic, ethical and environmental principles and concepts related to sustainable management of natural resources. It will also give you practical skills as a scientist.

Natural resources include forests, lakes, farmland, the sea, endangered species, and more. Without you, current threats to those natural places or creatures will only increase. Our job is to use science to safeguard natural places by ensuring they are used sustainably.

The world is facing its greatest challenges: the twin threats of climate change and environmental degradation. The specialist skills learned in this course are crucial to the protection of the environment and improved economic thinking for a sustainable future.

• Sustainable Land-Use Practices
• Environmental Monitoring Techniques
• Conservation and Biodiversity
• Environmental Policy and Economics
• Research Project
• Scientific Data Management (Elective)
• Science Communication (Elective)

Upon successfully completing the requirements you'll receive the award of:

• Graduate Diploma in Resource Management

Managers or employees for local and national authorities in the following areas:

• land
• forestry
• horticulture
• agriculture
• resource management
• environmental industries

Types of roles may include:

• resource manager
• biology and conservation technician/advisor (DOC, tertiary institutions, CRI's)
• environmental consultant/advisor
• restoration ecologist
• researcher 
• technician
• forest manager
• land manager
• ecotourism or recreational operator
• sustainability officer