New book on building global sustainability with contributions from two GRÓ LRT fellows

Two former GRÓ LRT fellows write a chapter in the book Building global sustainability through local self-reliance: Lessons from landcare, which was published in August.

Ms Beatrice Dossah from Ghana, a GRÓ LRT fellow in 2017 and GRÓ LRT MSc scholarship recipient in 2019-2021, writes about Place-based education for sustainability: a strategy that promotes environmental awareness in Ghana through the arts. Her chapter builds on the research project she conducted as part of her GRÓ LRT six-month training in 2017.

Dr Fred Yikii from Uganda, a GRÓ LRT fellow in 2009 and assistant lecturer in the Department of Environmental Management at Makerere University, co-authors a chapter on Knowledge and progress: building bridges to empower community action. Dr Yikii´s co-authors are Dr Andres Arnalds, retired GRÓ LRT lecturer, supervisor and academic committee member, Ms Jonina Thorlaksdottir, GRÓ LRT supervisor and PhD student at the Agricultural University of Iceland, and Dr Brian Slater, professor at Ohio State University who has also supervised in GRÓ LRT six-month training programme.

The book showcases practical capacity building in action globally. The authors are a mix of researchers, practitioners, policymakers and academics from 11 countries. The book is published by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and is available in open access here: https://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/lessons-global-landcare