Jim McDonald is a farmer located in NSW and is interested in mitigating the risks to natural resources and landscapes.
He is a past member of the Federal Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Scale Coal Mining and has a long history in natural resource management, holding a membership to the CSIRO Land and Water Flagship Advisory Committee.
Jim was the inaugural Chairman of the Namoi Catchment Management Authority and also a Governor Member of Farmers for Climate Action and has Graduate Certificates in Environmental Science, Management and Planning of Natural Hazards.