School of Environmental Sciences
Dr Joanne Millar
BAgSci Melb, PhD
Position Lecturer, Environmental Planning and Policy
Campus Thurgoona Campus
Office Room 217, East Wing, SES Building
Phone (02) 6051 9859
Fax (02) 6051 9897
EMAIL JOANNE MILLAR 
Member of ILWS
Joanne lectures in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Planning and Environmental Policy. She is a member of the Institute of Land, Water and Society. Jo previously managed the Community Nature Conservation program in Queensland, which included Bushcare, Land for Wildlife, and Nature Refuge covenants on private land. She has also worked as an extension officer in pastures, beef cattle and Landcare in Victoria. Her research interests are in the areas of community participation in natural resource management, conservation management on private land, and rural development in Australia and South East Asia. Jo is also a member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.
Teaching Summary
- PKM 307 Environmental Planning
- PKM 562 Environmental Policy
- PKM 160 Natural Resource Management
Research Students
- Emily Mendham (PhD)
- Emily Sharp (PhD)
- Jane Roots (PhD)
- Binod Devkota (PhD)
- Viengxay Photakoun (Masters)
- Bugi Sumirat (Masters)
Research Interests
- Community participation in natural resource management
- Participatory research and extension
- Rural and regional development
- Demographic change and natural resource management
Research Projects
- "Extension approaches for scaling out livestock production in Lao PDR." Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (2007 to 2011).
- "Rural landscapes in Indigo Shire: Designing a preferred future." Indigo Shire (2007 to 2011).
- "Livestock movement and managing disease in Eastern Indonesia and Eastern Australia." with University of Sydney (2007 to 2011).