Sam Pickering

Research Associate - Indonesia and Timor Leste Program

	Bachelor of Asian Studies (specialist) 1) Sustainable Development (minor) 2) Indigenous Sustainability (minor) 3) Australian Indigenous Studies (minor) Research Interests Current Projects
Contact details Email: sam.pickering@cdu.edu.au Phone: (08) 8946 7636 Fax (08) 8946 7088 Office: Orange 4.2.62
	Research interests Sam has spent approximately 8 years working for an Australian NGO within the field of conservation and land management. Through various programs, Sam has experience in the development, maintenance and ongoing coordination of natural resource management projects. Through his studies, Sam has developed, and continues to develop, a good understanding of Indonesia’s language and culture with a year spent studying and researching in Indonesia. Current projects Building Local Capacity of Bajo Fishermen, Eastern Indonesia for Whale Shark Conservation. Enterprise development, value chains and evaluation of non-timber forest products for agroforestry systems in West Timor, Flores, Sumba and Savu, eastern Indonesia. Natural resource management and enterprise development: can they improve Indigenous livelihoods? Public health mapping for effective public health service delivery in NTT – pilot applications (School of Environmental and Life Sciences)