Associate Professor Ian Hannam

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).

Qualifications

Dip. Agr (CSU),

B.A, Litt.B,  Litt.M (UNE)

PhD (MacqU)

Publications

Chapters in International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2024 (Chapters 1 and 3, ''Sustainable Soil Management and Soil Carbon'' - pages 3 to 33 and ''Legislative Protection for the Soil Environment and Climate Change'' - pages 51 to 82): https://www.springer.com/series/15378

Ian Hannam, ‘Institutional Arrangements to Decarbonise Rural Land in Australia’ (2024) 14 Soil Security 100131 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2024.100131

Ian Hannam, ‘Soil Governance and Land Degradation Neutrality’ (2022) 6 Soil Security 100030 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2021.100030

Ian Hannam and Ben Boer (2022) ‘Restoration of Ecosystems and Land Degradation Neutrality’ in
Narinder Kakar, Vesselin Popovski, and Nicholas A. Robinson (eds) Fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals: On a Quest for a Sustainable World, Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Fulfilling-the-Sustainable-Development-Goals-On-a-Quest-for-a-Sustainable/Kakar-Popovski-Robinson/p/book/9780367700256

Ben Boer and Ian Hannam (2019) ‘Land Degradation’ in Emma Lees and Jorge E. Viñuales (eds) Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law, Oxford University Press: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198790952.001.0001/law-9780198790952

Ian Hannam (2017), ‘International Pastoral Land Law’, in Gabriela Steier and Kiran K. Patel (eds) International Farm Animal, Wildlife and Food Safety Law, Springer

Ian Hannam (2012) ‘International Perspectives on Legislative and Administrative Reforms as an Aid to Better Land Stewardship’ in Victor Squires (ed) Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia: Balancing Improved Livelihoods, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection, Springer.

Ian Hannam (2012) ‘Transboundary Resource Management Strategies in the Pamir Mountain Region of Tajikistan’, in Jon Unruh and Rhodri C. Williams (eds) Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Earthscan, 388-403 https://irigasi.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LAND-AND-POST-CONFLICT-PEACEBUILDING.pdf

Du Qun and Ian Hannam (Eds) (2011) ‘Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People’s Republic of China’, IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 80.

Ian Hannam and Ben Boer (2004) ‘Drafting Legislation for Sustainable Soils: A Guide’,IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 52.

Ian Hannam (2003) ‘A Method to Identify and Evaluate the Legal and Institutional Framework for the Management of Water and Land in Asia: The Outcome of a Study in Southeast Asia and the People's Republic of China’, Research report No. 73, International Water Management Institute (IWMI): www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub073/RR73.pdf

Ian Hannam and Ben Boer (2002) ‘Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Soils: A Preliminary Report’, IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 45.

Contributions to ‘SoiLEX - Soil Related Legal Instruments and Soil Governance’, FAO Soils Portal, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): https://www.fao.org/soils-portal/soilex/en/

Memberships

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

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).