Dr Hamish MacDonald
Affiliate of UQ Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre
UQ Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre
Publications
Book Chapter
MacDonald, Hamish and Jamali, Seyed Hossein (2024). Intellectual property over mutant and gene edited plants. Plant mutagenesis: sustainable agriculture and rural landscapes. (pp. 43-54) edited by Nitish Kumar. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50729-8_4
Journal Articles
Macdonald, Hamish (2025). Conceptual uncertainties and practical challenges in voluntary Nagoya Protocol compliance: the Australian situation. Biopreservation and Biobanking, 23 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.1089/bio.2024.0090
MacDonald, Hamish (2024). Ownership and objectivity: judging varieties for plant breeder's rights in Australia. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 47 (1), 247-281. doi: 10.53637/nmto8625
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). Who judges plants? Scientific‐legal judgement of varieties for plant breeder's rights. The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 26 (3), 1-24. doi: 10.1111/jwip.12276
MacDonald, Hamish and Henry, Robert J. (2022). Balancing incentives for innovation in new plant varieties. Nature Plants, 8 (11), 1206-1208. doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01246-3
Schloenhardt, Andreas and MacDonald, Hamish (2015). Barriers to ratification of the United Nations protocol against the smuggling of migrants. Asian Journal of International Law, 7 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1017/S2044251315000211
Conference Papers
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). The Nagoya Protocol: Context, Operation, Uncertainties. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 27 November-1 December 2023.
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). Cultivating objectivity in plant breeder's rights systems. Society for Social Studies of Science, Honolulu, HI, United States, 8-11 November 2023.
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). Achieving Nagoya Protocol compliance without a legal framework. Australasian Biospecimen Network Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 18-20 October 2023.
Seminar Paper
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). Databasing genetic resources: Considerations for access and benefit sharing. Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
Research Reports
Yarnold, Jennifer, MacDonald, Hamish, Wade, Belinda and Wood, Jamin (2025). Policy pathways to advance Australia’s biomethane sector: learning policy lessons from international jurisdictions. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Future Fuels CRC.
MacDonald, Hamish and Sherman, Brad (2022). Information Notice Systems and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth). Plant Breeder's Rights - University of Queensland independent research reports Labrador, QLD, Australia: Black Jettie.
MacDonald, Hamish and Sherman, Brad (2022). Labelling Requirements and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth). Plant Breeder's Rights - University of Queensland independent research reports Labrador, QLD, Australia: Black Jettie.
MacDonald, Hamish and Sherman, Brad (2022). Essentially derived varieties and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth). Plant Breeder's Rights - University of Queensland independent research reports Labrador, QLD, Australia: Black Jettie.