17 January 2012
Former fellow from Niger promoted at the Ministry of Environment
Moustapha Ibrahim from Niger participated in the UNU-LRT six-month training programme in 2010. Before he joined the UNU-LRT programme, Mr. Ibrahim was the chief of the Division of Nature Protection at the Ministry of Environment. On 5 December 2011, he was promoted to be the Head of the National Division of Land Restoration at the Ministry of Environment. ...
14 January 2012
Welcome Kai Lorenzen, UNU-FTP guest lecturer for 2012
The UNU-FTP is pleased to welcome Kai Lorenzen to Iceland as this year´s guest lecturer. Dr. Lorenzen is visiting us from the University of Florida where he is a Professor of Integrative
Fisheries Science.
4 January 2012
News from a former fellow from Uganda
Joel Charles Owona took part in the Land Restoration Training Programme’s (LRT) six-month training course in 2008. He used to work as a District Environment Officer in Pader District in northern Uganda – a region which suffered from war for a long time.
The subject of Joel’s project during his LRT study was the internally displaced Person’s (IDP) camps in Pader district, ...
21 December 2011
Season´s greetings
Dear Friends of UNU-LRT.
Another good year for the UNU-Land Restoration Training Programme has come to an end. We send our best wishes for the festive season ahead and many thanks for the acceptance and interest the Programme has received in 2011.
Happy New Year!
Hafdis Hanna Aegisdottir, Berglind Orradottir and Thorbjorg Valdis Kristjansdottir
14 December 2011
MSc theses 2011 now available for download
MSc theses by UNU Fellows Alejandro Rodríguez, Andi Joko Nugroho and Endy Kevin Padilla, who graduated earlier in the year are now available for download on the UNU-GTP website.
The reports are:
Rodríguez, A., 2011: Water-rock interaction of silicic rocks: an esperimental and geochemical modelling study. Report 1, 44 pp.
Nugroho, A.J., 2011: Optimization of electrical power production from high-temperature geothermal fields with respect to silica scaling proplems. Report 2, 49 pp.
Padilla Rivas, E.K., 2011: Transport and precipitation of carbon and sulphur in the Reykjanes geothermal system, Iceland. Report 3, 39 pp.