6 May 2022
PhD defence by Xavier Shioya Musonye
On Tuesday the 17th of May from 13:00-15:00, Xavier Shioya Musonye will defend his PhD thesis in Energy systems modeling and Sustainability Studies in room M103 at Reykjavik University.
5 May 2022
Short course in Ethiopia
GRÓ LRT is delighted to announce the successful implementation of a 5-day training course organized in partnership with the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative and Arba Minch University on Integrated approaches for land restoration through sustainable land management in Arba Minch, Ethiopia.
2 May 2022
Iceland Awarded a Gold Certification under the UNDP Gender Equality Seal Programme
Iceland was the first donor country to be awarded a gold certification for its transformative gender equality efforts under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Gender Equality Seal Programme.
29 April 2022
Guest lecturer from Makerere University
Dr Gerald Eilu, Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry, Biodiversity and Tourism at Makerere University in Uganda, was the second international guest lecturer at the GRÓ LRT six-month training programme this week. Prof. Eilu gave a full-day lecture on biodiversity and its importance for human societies, addressing the issue in the context of ecosystem services, international frameworks and strategies for biodiversity conservation.
28 April 2022
Thesis seminar of MSc and PhD Fellows
A presentation seminar of the GRÓ GTP MSc Fellows graduating this year will be held at GTP, Urðarhvarf 8, 203 Kópavogur on Monday May 2 from 13:00-15:30.
28 April 2022
Guest lecturer from the ELD Initiative
This week Dr Richard Thomas, the Scientific Coordinator of the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative, gave two-day course on the economics of land dynamics in GRÓ LRT six-month training programme. This was the fifth time that Dr Thomas contributed to the GRÓ LRT Programme as a guest lecturer.