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Associate Professor Ian Hannam

Adjunct Associate Professor - School of Law

Biography

Ian Hannam is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, School of Law, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

He is Chair Emeritus of the Specialist Group for Soil, Desertification and Sustainable Agriculture of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.

He holds a Dip. Agr (CSU), B.A, Litt.B, Litt.M (UNE) and PhD (MacqU).

Ian has consulted with UNEP, UNDP, UN University, UN FAO and ADB) to many governments and environmental institutions around the world on the law and policy of sustainable land management, specializing in legal issues associated with land degradation and dryland agriculture.

He has numerous book and journal publications on national and international environmental law and policy on land degradation and sustainable use of soil.

Ian is an Advisory Editor to the International Yearbook on Soil Law and Policy (Springer) and an Editor of the Special Issue of the Journal of Soil Security on Soil Governance (Elsevier).

The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, courses and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Aboriginal community and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.