![Emily Mutota, former LRT fellow](/static/news/xs/emily.jpg?ts=1578612770)
21 February 2013
Visit from former fellow, Emily Mutota
Last week, Emily Mutota from Namibia visited Iceland. Ms. Mutota participated in the programme's annual six-month training in 2008.
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19 December 2012
Season's greetings
When another good year for the UNU-Land Restoration Training Programme has come to an end, we celebrate the milestones reached in 2012 and look forward to the coming year.
![Workshop participants discussing curriculum.](/static/news/xs/frett_19_december_2012.jpg?ts=1578612770)
19 December 2012
Workshop to review and revise curriculum of six-month training programme
Last week, a successful workshop was held to review and revise the curriculum of the UNU-LRT six-month training programme. Dr. Jeffrey Herrick, the UNU-LRT main international guest lecturer in 2012, re-visited Iceland to participate in the workshop.
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10 October 2012
Graduation from the 2012 six-month training
On 4 October, ten fellows graduated from the UNU-LRT annual six-month training course. The graduated fellows are from Ghana (2), Uganda (2), Namibia (2), Uzbekistan (1) and Mongolia (3), five women and five men.
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1 October 2012
Former fellow defends her PhD dissertation in Egypt
Nagwa Elnwishy, a former fellow from the first training course in 2007, recently defended her PhD at the Suez Canal University in Egypt. The title of her PhD project is: "Bio-remediation of some pharmaceutical residues in aquatic ecosystems“.
![William Nsimiire from Uganda giving a speech.](/static/news/xs/frett_26sept_2012.jpg?ts=1629801297)
26 September 2012
Seminar on the UNU programmes in Iceland
On the UN International Day of Peace on 21 September, a seminar on sustainable education was hosted by the United Nations Association of Iceland.