16 February 2009
MSc theses 2008 available for download
MSc theses by UNU-GTP/UI graduates of 2008, Daher Elmi Houssein, Jaime Jemuel C. Austria, Jr., Sun Caixia, Saeid Jalili Nasrabadi, Clety Kwambai Bore, and Mahnaz
Rezvani Khalilabad are now available for download.
2 February 2009
Former LRT fellows spread the word: an article in the newspaper Namibian about restoration of degraded land
An article about restoration of degraded land was published in the newspaper Namibian on
January the 22nd. In the article, two LRT fellows of the 2008 programme state the problems of land degradation, climate change and loss of biodiversity in Namibia.
They talk about how the Land Restoration Training Programme, which builds on the Icelandic experience of landcare, taught them that the root causes of land degradation are very related around the
world although environmental problems can be very different from one place to another. They also talk about the importance of involving local people in
restoration and landcare work and to use bottom-up approach to improve success rate of projects. You can read the whole article here.
Taimi Sofia Kapalanga and Emily Mutota from Namibia, with Bolormaa Baatar
from Mongolia in the middle, in the field in Iceland
9 December 2008
Short Course on geothermal project management in Uganda 2008
A short course on “Geothermal Project Management and Development” was held on November 20-22 at Entebbe, Uganda. This three day event was
co-organized by the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP), Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen) and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (DGSM)
in Uganda.
6 December 2008
Short Course III on surface exploration in Kenya 2008
The “Short Course III on Exploration for Geothermal Resources” opened on October 24 at Lake Bogoria. This four week event was co-organized by the United
Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen). The 37 participants came from 11 countries of East Africa.
6 October 2008
Graduation of Class 2008
The closing ceremony of the 30th annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 3rd, 2008.
6 October 2008
Papers presented by Dr. Wang Kun are now available for download
Papers presented by this years visiting lecturer Dr. Wang Kun are now available for download in pdf. format here.