7 February 2025
“I came back an expert, ready for land restoration” Andrew Evans Opiolo GRÓ LRT Alumnus
Andrew Evans Opiolo is a committed advocate for sustainable land management in Uganda and a GRÓ LRT 2021 alumnus. His current work focuses on improving food security and sustainable agricultural practices in Uganda. Andrew says that his participation in the GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme significantly enhanced his expertise, equipping him with the tools necessary to tackle pressing land management challenges.
5 February 2025
GRÓ LRT visit to partners in Mongolia
The GRÓ LRT Director, Dr. Sjöfn Vilhelmsdóttir, traveled to Mongolia from January 18 to 25 to visit partner institutions, meet with senior management, and interview candidates for the GRÓ LRT annual six-month training in Iceland. Mongolia has been a key partner country for GRÓ LRT since the programme's inception in 2007. Over the past 18 years, GRÓ LRT has welcomed fellows from ten Mongolian institutions, including academic and research institutions, government agencies, and non-profit organisations.
22 January 2025
Dr. Sumjidmaa Sainnemekh GRÓ LRT alumna’s contribution to addressing overgrazing and rangeland degradation - a major environmental challenge in Mongolia
Dr. Sumjidmaa Sainnemekh, the first GRÓ LRT PhD scholarship recipient, graduated from the Agricultural University of Iceland in 2022 with a doctoral degree in Environmental Science. Today she works as a rangeland management specialist at The Nature Conservancy in Mongolia where she can directly apply her wealth of knowledge to contribute to rangeland science and tackle overgrazing and rangeland degradation, which is a major environmental challenge in her home country Mongolia. The GRÓ centre asked Sumjidmaa to share information about her career and how her work is contributing to sustainable land management in Mongolia.
13 January 2025
Two new GRÓ LRT scholarships for MSc studies in Restoration Ecology 2025-2027
GRÓ LRT will award two new scholarships to graduates of the UNU LRT/GRÓ LRT six-month training programme, enabling them to pursue a master’s degree in Restoration Ecology at the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI), beginning on 18th of August 2025, in Iceland.
20 December 2024
Short Course in Sierra Leone on Community-Based Forest Landscape Restoration for Environmental Sustainability
In November, GRÓ LRT, in collaboration with the Icelandic Red Cross, organized a two-day training session on community-based forest landscape restoration in Bo in Sierra Leone. The training was held on 19-20 of November and was attended by 21 staff members and volunteers from the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society.
