Faculty of Environment, Society & Design
Greg Ryan, Dean
Faculty of Environment, Society & Design
• School of Landscape Architecture
• Department of Environmental Management
• Department of Social Science, Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Sport
• Department of Applied Computing
• Undergrad and postgrad degrees in these areas
• 60 staff / c200 postgrad students
Sarawak
Certificate in Conservation and Ecotourism Management 1999-2002
• Major undertaking between the Government of Sarawak and Lincoln
University
• Impetus from two reports - Sarawak Tourism Master Plan (which
stressed national parks and ethnic cultures) and the Master Plan for
Wildlife in Sarawak
• Programme designed for professionals working in the fields of parks,
recreation and tourism management
• Taught by Lincoln University staff and professionals within Sarawak
• Delivered to 75 proven Dept. of National Parks and Wildlife
permanent staff with qualifications and employment records to take
full time leave
• Delivered at Lincoln Sarawak Campus in Kuching
• Content focused on the knowledge and skills necessary to manage
protected natural areas and the people who visited these special
places.
• Expected outcome was graduates capable of managing to the
highest professional standards in areas recognised as world class.
• Much of the teaching conducted in protected areas such as Bako,
Batang Ai, Niah, and Samunsam
• Programme comprised five by six week blocks, each dedicated to a
major theme:
 Protected Area Management and Planning
 Cultural and Ecotourism
 Conservation Ecology
 Environmental Interpretation
 Parks and Reserves Engineering
 Research Report
• Graduates subsequently in senior management roles throughout
the protected area system and doing excellent work
Nepal
• Long association with Nepal dating to Hillary in 1953 - first school he
built near Namchee, the last major village before the route to
Sagarmatha (Mt Everest).
• New Zealand Government through its National Parks administration
(Lands and Survey) played a lead role in the establishment of
Sagarmatha National Park
• Arranged for first Nepalese to visit Lincoln University which was in
the process of introducing academic programmes in protected area
management from 1970s.
•First Nepali to Lincoln was Ram Prit 1975/76 - before returning as
Chief Warden of Royal Chitwan National Park.
• Other graduates from Hillary schools following - now senior
professionals currently working in Nepal.
• Nepalese sponsored by New Zealand government, usually two at a
time, completing diploma programme in Parks, Recreation and
Tourism and later the Bachelor’s degrees.
• Many students have also completed Masters and doctoral degrees
over the last 20 years.
• At some stage over recent years virtually all Nepalese Protected
areas have been managed by Lincoln graduates.
Department of Applied Computing
• Keith Unsworth - ongoing research collaboration with Department of
Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang
 Research study / sabbatical visits
 Ongoing research in Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD) applications of curves and surfaces in industrial design
 Conducting 2-day workshops on applying Matlab to CAGD
 Liaising with USM postgrad students to discuss their research
projects.
• Developing collaboration with USM Dental and Medical School in
Kota Bharu.
• CAGD applications can be applied to the design and manufacture
of, for example, implants in both medical (eg skull implants) and
dental applications.
• Lincoln honours student (graduated in 2011) has returned to
Malaysia to work at the dental school to further cement this
relationship.
• Developing a Memorandum of Understanding between USM and
Lincoln which relates to these particular areas of interest.