Dr. Andrew Tukana joined WCS in June 2020 as the Project Manager for the Watershed Interventions for Systems Health (WISH) project in Fiji. He has a PhD from the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. Research for his PhD involved the development and improvement of livestock disease surveillance systems in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, with a focus to detect and determine the prevalence of diseases in livestock populations. He also has extensive experience working in the region as well as with the Ministry of Agriculture in Fiji and The Pacific Community (SPC) to improve food and nutritional security, improve livelihoods through climate change mitigation and adaptation. His work engaged heavily with rural communities to build capacity to improve climate change resiliency and sustainability of community projects. He has also carried out research work on transboundary zoonotic diseases to reduce the risks of disease transmission, watershed improvement from sustainable livestock production, conservation of animal genetics resources (AnGR), biosecurity and waste management. His wealth of knowledge and leadership experience will benefit the WISH Fiji project