http://www.unulrt.is/ UNU-LRT is a new programme on restoration of degraded land and sustainable land management en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:28:18 +0000 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:28:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Moya 1.13 lrt@lbhi.is lrt@lbhi.is http://www.unulrt.is/news/a-former-fellow-defends-a-phd-projects-in-uzbekistan/ Toshpulat Rajabov, a former LRT fellow from 2009, recently defended his PhD project titled "Spatio-temporal changes of vegetation cover of semi desert along the grazing gradient (in case of Karnabchul)" in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. During his stay in Iceland attending the LRT six-month training programme in 2009, Dr. Rajabov worked on an individual project under the supervision of Dr. Johann Thorsson, a specialist at the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:12:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/a-former-fellow-defends-a-phd-projects-in-uzbekistan/ http://www.unulrt.is/news/former-fellow-from-niger-promoted-at-the-ministry-of-environment/ Moustapha Ibrahim from Niger participated in the UNU-LRT six-month training programme in 2010. Before he joined the UNU-LRT programme, Mr. Ibrahim was the chief of the Division of Nature Protection at the Ministry of Environment. On 5 December 2011, he was promoted to be the Head of the National Division of Land Restoration at the Ministry of Environment. The UNU-LRT team congratulates Moustapha Ibrahim and wishes him all the best in his important work to restore degraded ecosystems in Niger. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/former-fellow-from-niger-promoted-at-the-ministry-of-environment/ http://www.unulrt.is/news/news-from-a-former-fellow-from-uganda/ Joel Charles Owona took part in the Land Restoration Training Programme’s (LRT) six-month training course in 2008. He used to work as a District Environment Officer in Pader District in northern Uganda – a region which suffered from war for a long time. The subject of Joel’s project during his LRT study was the internally displaced Person’s  (IDP) camps in Pader district, with an emphasis on the extent to which land and other natural resources around the camps were affected during the war and possible measures to be taken. After Joel returned back home, he and his colleagues planted 6000 trees around the former IDP camps with the purpose of restoring the degraded ecosystems after the war, with support from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/news-from-a-former-fellow-from-uganda/ http://www.unulrt.is/news/season-s-greetings/ Dear Friends of UNU-LRT. Another good year for the UNU-Land Restoration Training Programme has come to an end. We send our best wishes for the festive season ahead and many thanks for the acceptance and interest the Programme has received in 2011. Happy New Year! Hafdis Hanna Aegisdottir, Berglind Orradottir and Thorbjorg Valdis Kristjansdottir       Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:11:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/season-s-greetings/ http://www.unulrt.is/news/former-fellow-from-ethiopia-studies-for-a-phd-degree/ Tigist Araya Gessesse from Ethiopia participated in the six-month training course of the Land Restoration Training Programme in 2009. She has an MSc degree in Tropical Land Resources Management and has worked as lecturer at Mekelle University in Northern Ethiopia from 2006. Two months ago, Tigist started a PhD study at the Center for Development Research /Zentrum fur Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) at the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn in Germany. Her research topic is: Dynamics of different soil organic carbon fractions under various land use and management options in Ethiopia. This topic is related to Tigist‘s individual project work that she worked on in Iceland titled Assessment of the impact of different regevegation methods on soil carbon stocks in Iceland The UNU-LRT team wishes Tigist all the best for her PhD studies.     Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/former-fellow-from-ethiopia-studies-for-a-phd-degree/