Integrated Sustainability Analysis
@ The University of Sydney

Dan Olaf Rasmussen

Upon completion of my Bachelor of Science (BSC) degree in Environmental Science from University of Auckland I returned home with the ambition of finding a position within the Environment sector. The Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) provided me with an opportunity to start as an assistant to a technical adviser on a UNCCD project based around Sustainable Land Management (SLM) this experience proved invaluable as it provided a step in the right direction in forging a career within the Environmental management field for the Cook Islands.

After completing a yearlong contract, a full-time position within the National Environment service was made available within the Compliance and Advisory division, as a senior compliance/ GIS officer. The Cook Islands National Environment Service deals in a diverse range of environmentally related issues with various work plans that are aimed at sustainable environmental management.

Within NES I have been lucky enough to experience diverse array of environmentally related issues on a number of levels in various scopes such as interaction with the public at a local level through numerous education and awareness programmes, representing the Cook Islands in attendance of regional meetings and also have had exposure on a international level with Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) meetings.

My future aspiration include returning to University with the intention of completing a Masters degree or post- graduate level certification and hopefully return home to the Cook Islands to further my career in the Environmental science or management field.

Dan Olaf Rasmussen

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