20 July 2015
Former UNU fellow appointed to Director position in Uganda
Former UNU-FTP fellow and scholarship recipient, Taabu Anthony Munyaho, has recently been selected for the Director position at the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRI) in Uganda.
17 July 2015
High-level symposium on land degradation neutrality at the third International Conference on Financing for Development
UNU-LRT participated in a high-level symposium on land degradation neutrality at the third International Conference on Financing for Development, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 13-16 July. The symposium was hosted by the Governments of Iceland and Namibia (on behalf of the Group of Friends on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought) in cooperation with the State of Qatar, United Nations University, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) secretariat, UNDP and Biovision.
15 July 2015
The Rector of UNU visited the Iceland Programmes
Last week, the Rector of UNU, Dr David Malone, visited the four Iceland based UNU Programmes: UNU-GTP, UNU-FTP, UNU-LRT, and UNU-GEST.
9 July 2015
UNU Rector Dr David Malone visits UNU-LRT
The UNU Rector Dr David Malone visited the four UNU programmes hosted in Iceland this week: the Geothermal, Fisheries, Gender Equality and Land Restoration Training Programmes. UNU-LRT welcomed the Rector at the headquarters of the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland (SCSI) where the UNU-LRT fellows stay these days. A workshop was held at SCSI where UNU-LRT Director introduced the activities, priorities and future directions of the programme, and the fellows shared experiences from their work at home and told how they anticipate the training at UNU-LRT will benefit them and their institutions when back home at work. The research activities and international cooperation of the two implementing institutions of UNU-LRT, the Agricultural University of Iceland and SCSI, were also introduced.
8 July 2015
Field education excursion focusing on climate change
Last week the UNU-LRT fellows went on a three day excursion to the southeast of Iceland. The purpose of the excursion was to provide the fellows with first hand experience on land management issues and the influence of climate change in the region. The characteristic of this region is the close proximity to glaciers, including Europe’s largest glacier Vatnajökull. The consequences of climate change are vividly expressed in the area in the retreat and thinning of the glaciers, which have exposed new land, displaced river channels and changed river discharge, affecting transportation routes, erosion and restoration potential.
7 July 2015
Visit of the United Nations University Rector
David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University, visited today the UNU-GEST programme at the University of Iceland. He was welcomed by Jón Atli Benediktsson, the Rector of the University of Iceland and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former President of Iceland and the Patron of UNU-GEST