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This week, the 2023 GRÓ LRT cohort of fellows visited the headquarters of the Agricultural University (AUI) of Iceland in Hvanneyri, West-Iceland. The visit began with a warm welcome from the rector of AUI, Dr Ragnheiður I Þórarinsdóttir, and introduction to the strategy, educational- and research programmes, and the history of the university.

A new group of fellows has started their six-month training with GRÓ LRT at Keldnaholt Campus, which is running from 3 March to 29 August this year.

Last week, Dr Sjöfn Vilhelmsdóttir, Director of GRÓ LRT, and Dr Ása L Aradóttir, Professor at the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) and key lecturer with GRÓ LRT, visited Lesotho. The main purpose of the visit was to meet with representatives of ministries, government agencies, and organisations working in the field of ecosystem restoration and sustainable land management; to interview candidates for the GRÓ LRT annual six-month training in Iceland; and to visit the National University of Lesotho.

GRÓ LRT sends you its best wishes for this festive season and wishes you a Happy New Year.

New MSc programme in Restoration Ecology will be launched at the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) in the fall of 2023. The programme is offered within the Faculty of Environmental and Forest Sciences like the Postgraduate Diploma that successful fellows receive after attending GRÓ LRT six-month training programme.

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.