10 March 2010
12. graduation of the UNU-FTP
On March 9 18 fellows (eight women and 10 men) from 14 countries successfully finished the UNU-FTP. Mr. Jon Bjarnason, the minister of fisheries and agriculture, gave a speech at the ceremony and
handed out the certificates.
5 March 2010
Former LRT fellow from Uzbekistan participates in UNDP projects
Toshpulat Rajabov
from Uzbekistan was a LRT fellow in 2009. Since attending LRT, he has been invited to participate in two United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) projects in Uzbekistan. One of the projects concerns restoration models of desert ecosystems
of degraded rangelands in Surkhandarya district, Uzbekistan. The other project is about conserving biodiversity and restoring ecosystems of the Kyzylkum desert. Toshpulat´s task is for example
to assess vegetation states and to create GIS maps of vegetation associations.
2 March 2010
MSc defence by Erlindo Angcoy
UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Erlindo Angcoy, from the Philippines, defended his thesis entitled “Geochemical modelling of the high-temperature Mahanagdong geothermal
field, Philippines” Tuesday, February 23, 2010. The defence was held at the University of Iceland, Askja, room 132. Supervisor on the project was Stefán Arnórsson and Andri
Stefánsson was also in the MS committee. Thráinn Fridriksson was the external examinator.
26 February 2010
Project work of a 2008 LRT fellow generates attention
Emily Mutota from Namibia, a LRT fellow from the 2008 programme, did
an individual project on the Feasibility for an International Year of Landcare during her study at LRT. Her LRT project has generated international
attention and she has had the opportunity to present her project and issues related to it at three international conferences last year. Furthermore, Emily Mutota has been invited by the Landcare International committee to present her LRT project at the Australian Landcare National Forum in
Adelaide Australia next month.
18 February 2010
LRT recognised as United Nations University Training Programme
The Land Restoration Training Programme has reached a very important milestone. The agreement of cooperation between the United Nations University, the Government of Iceland, the Soil Conservation
Service of Iceland (SCSI), and the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) has now been signed by all parties. From now on the programme will be known as the United Nations University –
Land Restoration Training Programme (UNU-LRT). Please note that the programme‘s homepage is now under the URL www.unulrt.is although the old URL http://www.lrt.is/ will also be active.
9 February 2010
MSc theses 2009 available for download
MSc theses by UNU-GTP/UI graduates of 2009, Tesha, Roy Bandoro Swandaru, Mulugeta Asaye Adale and Roberto Renderos, are now available for download.