- This course will equip students with the knowledge and skills required by contemporary protected area planners.
- This course covers planning practice in government, private and community-based protected areas.
- The course has been developed as part of an initiative to establish a protected area learning and research centre.
- This initiative is being led by a Steering Committee comprising representatives from The University of Tasmania, Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service, Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Parks Victoria, Parks Australia, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, James Cook University, Murdoch University and Charles Darwin University.