GRÓ LRT fellows present project outcomes
As this year’s six-month training programme comes to a close, the GRÓ LRT fellows are busy with finalizing their individual projects. Today and yesterday, they have presented the results of their individual final projects in open seminars at the Keldnaholt campus of the Agricultural University of Iceland. Over the last several months, the fellows have worked on their projects under the expert guidance of specialists from various institutes and organizations in Iceland.
The fellows’ presentations covered a broad spectrum of topics under the overarching themes of land restoration and sustainable land management. These topics included the assessment of stakeholder participation in rangeland management and grazing associations, analysis of policies and legal framework for sustainable land management, modelling of land use and land cover dynamics, analysis of methods for monitoring and assessing vegetation, exploring trends in distribution of non-native plant species, and evaluation of a restoration project’s alignment with the Society for Ecological Restoration Standards. A full list of the fellows’ project titles and their supervisors can be found here.
The diversity of these topics highlights the range of tasks, subjects and challenges that GRÓ LRT fellows address in their work within their home countries. Developing and executing individual research projects on a chosen topic, under expert supervision, is central to GRÓ LRT's approach to capacity building in its partner institutions. A significant milestone in this process is the submission of the fellows' project reports, scheduled for 25 August.
Following the fellows’ graduation on 27 August, the fellows will return to their home countries, where they will share their research findings with colleagues, along with other experiences and insights gained from the six-month training in Iceland.