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