GRÓ LRT side event at the 34th session of the MAB-ICC
During the 34th Session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB-ICC) at UNESCO HQ in Paris this week, GRÓ LRT and the MAB secretariat co-hosted a side event titled Linking Knowledge to Action in Ecosystem Restoration: Cooperation between GRÓ LRT and UNSECO-MAB. The event started with opening remarks by Ms. Noëline Raondry Rakotoarisoa, Director a.i. of the SC/EES Division and Secretary of the MAB Programme, followed by a lecture by Dr Sjöfn Vilhelmsdóttir, Director of GRÓ LRT where she talked about Iceland’s experience of carrying out ecosystem restoration work for more than 100 years and the focus in the GRÓ LRT Programme on linking knowledge to action in land restoration and sustainable land management.
As part of GRÓ LRT and UNESCO-MAB cooperation, GRÓ International Centre for Capacity Development, a UNESCO Category 2 Centre based in Iceland, will sponsor annually fellowship for two young professionals working for institutions and organisations that are a part of UNESCO MAB’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves to participate in the GRÓ LRT six-month training in Iceland (2022-2026). Two fellows from the MAB programme are participating in the GRÓ LRT six-month training in 2022. One is coming from the Omo Biosphere Reserve in Nigeria, and the second from the Mount Mulanje Biosphere Reserve in Malawi.