Conservation Parks and Wildlife Officer

This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.

• evaluating habitat wildlife and fisheries needs and formulating shortand long-term management goals and objectives
• enforcing laws and regulations to conserve and protect fish and wildlife
• carrying out environmental impact assessments for a wide range of development projects
• proposing solutions to address negative environmental impact
• studying the effects of factors such as terrain altitude climatic and environmental change sources of nutrition predators and the impacts of humans on animal and plant life
• studying and analysing pollution atmospheric conditions demographic characteristics ecology mineral soil and water samples
• developing conservation and management policies for biological resources such as fish populations and forests and establishing standards and developing approaches for the control of pollution and the rehabilitation of areas disturbed by activities such as mining timber felling and overgrazing
• implementing policies and organising activities in designated parks and other areas to conserve and protect natural and cultural heritage
• participating in management planning by providing environmental information and making inventories of plants animals and items of cultural and heritage significance

If you’re interested in outdoor work such as growing plants or raising stock, you may be interested in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing industry.Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing includes a wide range of occupations, skills and activities. This industry has a massive undertaking supplying your local supermarket with numerous fresh meat, fruit and vegetables. There are lots of types of farming and specialty jobs – cane, cotton farming, beef and dairy, organic as well as all the supporting maintaining and selling farm machinery, just to name a few.

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