The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Science will prepare students to deal with issues such as climate change, carbon trading, greenhouse gas emissions, water resource management, competition for land use, salinity, land degradation and rehabilitation, flora and fauna, habitat destruction, deforestation, energy and mineral depletion, air and water pollution, soil erosion, and groundwater contamination. University of Western Australia is well equipped for teaching and research in environmental science and our teaching is supported by the world class research of the Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management, the Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative, the Kings Park and Botanic Gardens Biodiversity Conservation Centre and the Ecosystem Restoration Laboratory. In this course students will gain the skills for development of scientific, risk-based solutions to secure a sustainable global environment.