25 March 2011
Earth Hour 2011: It's time to go beyond the hour
At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit
to actions that go beyond the hour.
With Earth Hour almost upon us, our thoughts are with the people of Japan during this incredibly challenging and sad time for their country.
9 March 2011
Seminar by UNU-GTP MSc Fellows
Alejandro Rodriques from Costa Rica, Endy Kevin Padilla from El
Salvador, Andy Nugroho from Indonesia and Andemariam
Teklesenbet from Eritrea, all UNU-GTP MSc candidates who will defend their thesis at the University of Iceland this spring, presented their thesis project work in Vidgelmir in Orkugarður
this morning.
The presentations were well prepared and received questions and comments from an interested audience.
We wish the Fellows the best of luck with the final preparations.
8 March 2011
News from a 2007 LRT fellow from Mongolia
Bulgamaa Densambuu from Mongolia was in the first group of fellows
participating in the LRT programme in 2007. She is currently the head of the Research and Technology Department at the Mongolian Society for Range
Management (MSRM) and is starting her post doctoral program at the New Mexico University, NM, USA. Bulgamaa says that the LRT training was a great opportunity that gave her a better
understanding of the importance of capacity building in the field of land management in Mongolia.
Since attending the programme in Iceland, Bulgamaa has worked towards
integrating research and knowledge transfer to local people, directly applying experience and knowledge she accumulated during the LRT programme. She
coordinates several projects at the MSRM. One is the creation of a nationwide network of institutions with the aim to enhance flow of data and information
on rangeland health in order to improve decision-making at the policy level. Another project she oversees is how to transfer knowledge, gathered
from previous projects on rangeland rehabilitation, to herders and other rangeland-user
groups.
8 March 2011
Graduation of the 13th cohort of the UNU-FTP
On March 8, 17 UNU fellows graduated from the UNU-FTP. The fellows come from 14 countries and have specialized in three areas; Quality Management of Fish
Handling and Processing, Fisheries Policy and Planning, and Management of Fishing Companies and Marketing.
4 March 2011
Seminar by UNU-GTP MSc Fellows who will defend their thesis in the spring 2011
A Seminar, with presentations of UNU-GTP MSc candidates who will defend their thesis at the University of Iceland this spring, will be held in Vidgelmir, Orkugarður, Wednesday, 9 March,
09:00-12:00.
The presentations will start at 9:00. Each presentation will take a maximum of 30 minutes, and up to 15 minutes will be allowed for discussions after each presentation.
The Seminar is open to all.
Further information on presenters, supervisors and titles of project are available is available here.
4 February 2011
Publication of SC-11 papers
Papers presented at "Short Course V on Exploration for Geothermal Resources" organized by UNU-GTP, KenGen and GDC at Lake Bogoria and Naivasha, Kenya, 29. October - 19 November, 2010, are now
available on CD-ROM and for download at the UNU-GTP website.