9 June 2015
Introduction to mobile apps that help define land potential
Last week, Dr Jeffrey Herrick, a renowned soil scientist from the Jornada Research Unit, USDA-ARS, New Mexico (USA), gave lectures and hands-on training to the fellows in the six-month training programme. In his teaching, he focused on the Global Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS), which is being developed and will allow the potential of land to be defined.
9 June 2015
UNU-FTP fellow Warsha Singh to defend PhD this week
Former UNU-FTP fellow and scholarship recipient Warsha Singh will defend her PhD at the University of Iceland this Friday, June 12 at 10:00 in the Main Building. Her doctoral dissertation, "Towards efficient benthic survey design with the use of autonomous underwater vehicles" was funded through the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme.
3 June 2015
UNU Fellows at WGC2015
The World Geothermal Congress (WGC) has been organized every five years by the International Geothermal Association (IGA) since 1995. This time, it was held in Melbourne, Australia 19-25 April.
1 June 2015
Short Course on Geothermal Project Management in Kenya
During May 18-28, the UNU-GTP conducted a Short Course on Geothermal Project Management in Kenya for 26 employees of Geothermal Development Company (GDC).
29 May 2015
Fact-finding mission to Lesotho
On 7-15 May, the UNU-LRT Director went on a fact-finding mission to Lesotho in Southern Africa. The mission was a response to a collaboration interest of the government of Lesotho on combating land degradation and restoring degraded land.
21 May 2015
Congratulations to the UNU-GEST fellows of 2015
The United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) celebrated the graduation of ten fellows with a post-graduate diploma in international gender studies. The fellows came from four different countries; five men and five women from Malawi, Mozambique, Palestine and Uganda.