The United Nations University Land Restoration Training Programme

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

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Latest news

  • New article by a former UNU-LRT fellow

    15 April 2019
    Mr Abdul-Salam Mahamud Baba
    Mr Abdul-Salam Mahamud Baba, a UNU-LRT fellow in 2017, has just published the results of his individual research project at UNU-LRT as a short communication article in the journal Icelandic Agricultural Sciences. Baba conducted a field experiment in Iceland to assess how insect pests, in combination with reduced water availability, can influence crop production. Insect pests are a main constraint to vegetable production in Ghana, Baba’s home country. The incidence of pests is also likely to be exacerbated by ongoing environmental changes, like the increased frequency and intensity of droughts, so an understanding of the combined effects of pest damage and environmental conditions can help in mitigating crop losses.

  • New fellows have arrived

    27 March 2019
    Once again we welcome a new group of fellows for our six-month training programme. The 2019 UNU-LRT fellows will stay for six-months at UNU-LRT to advance their knowledge and skills on halting land degradation, restoring degraded land and managing land in a sustainable way. The fellows are 21 this year, 10 men and 11 women, and come from 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Central-Asia: Ghana, Malawi, Uganda, Niger, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The fellows are all experts in their respective countries working on issues related to land use and land management.
  • 18.03.2019 Visit from partners in Mongolia
  • 14.02.2019 MOOC on Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Landscape Restoration
  • 22.12.2018 Season´s greetings
  • 12.12.2018 New MOOC on business driven landscape restoration
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Testimonials

  • Moustapha Ibrahim

    As far as I'm concerned, when I compare the two situations - before and after the UNU-LRT programme - I can say that, before my participation in the programme, I was a "green unripe fruit" in the area of sustainable land management. The unripe fruit that I was, underwent its ripening process and became a "yellow, fully ripe fruit". My country is now enjoying the tasty flesh and juice of that ripe fruit and the seed from it can be sown to generate new plants/experts in the field of land restoration.

    Moustapha Ibrahim, UNU-LRT fellow 2010, from Niger.

  • UNU-LRT Strategic Plan 2017-2021

    Find out about the vision and mission of UNU-LRT and more in its Strategic Plan 2017-2021 here.

  • Gender Equality Policy

    Here you can read the Gender Equality Policy of UNU-LRT

  • Online Education Material

    Click here to view available online education material on land management and restoration.

  • Newsletters

    Click here to view published newsletters.

  • Brochure

    UNU-LRT relased a brochure in August 2013 which can be viewed here.

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UNU-LRT

AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND
KELDNAHOLT
IS-112 REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
TEL: +354 433 5000
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