The United Nations University Land Restoration Training Programme

UNU-LRT is a new programme on restoration of degraded land and sustainable land management

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The United Nations University - Land Restoration Training programme (UNU-LRT) is a programme on restoration of degraded land and sustainable land management, aiming at assisting developing countries in capacity development within this field. The programme is a cooperation between the United Nations University, the Government of Iceland, the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, and the Agricultural University of Iceland.

For additional information please see UNU-LRT brochure

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Fellows visit SCSI headquarters


Last week the 2012 UNU-LRT fellows visited the headquarters of the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland (SCSI) in Gunnarsholt.  The fellows were told about the history of SCSI and shown some of the facilities at the headquarters.  The new SCSI visitor centre, Sagnagarður, was also visited.  In Sagnagarður the story of land degradation in Iceland is told as well as the captivating story of land restoration and soil stabilization over the last one hundred years. 

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