http://www.unulrt.is/ UNU-LRT is a new programme on restoration of degraded land and sustainable land management en Sat, 19 May 2012 17:36:17 +0000 Sat, 19 May 2012 17:36:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Moya 1.13 lrt@lbhi.is lrt@lbhi.is http://www.unulrt.is/news/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, Sagnagaršur, was also visited.  In Sagnagaršur 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.  Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/fellows-visit-scsi-headquarters/ http://www.unulrt.is/news/new-group-of-unu-lrt-fellows-1/ Fellows attending this year’s six-month training programme have arrived. This is the third group of fellows attending the six-month training since the Land Restoration Training programme became a UNU programme in 2010. The fellows this year are ten and come from Ghana (2), Mongolia (3), Namibia (2), Uganda (2) and Uzbekistan (1); five women and five men. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/new-group-of-unu-lrt-fellows-1/ http://www.unulrt.is/news/professor-jakob-rhyner-unu-vice-rector-in-europe-and-director-of-unu-ehs-introduced-to-unu-lrt/ On 16 February, Professor Jakob Rhyner, Director of UNU Institute of Environment and Human Security and UNU Vice Rector for Europe, visited the UNU programmes in Iceland and attended a board meeting at the UNU Fisheries Training Programme. Hafdis Hanna Aegisdottir, Director of UNU-LRT, gave Professor Rhyner an introduction to the programme‘s background, its mission and activities and had a fruitful discussion with him, along with Ingvar Birgir Frišleifsson, Director of UNU Geothermal Training Programme, and Tumi Tómasson, Director of UNU Fisheries Training Programme. Furthermore, Professor Rhyner got an introduction to the Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GEST) at the University of Iceland. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.unulrt.is/news/professor-jakob-rhyner-unu-vice-rector-in-europe-and-director-of-unu-ehs-introduced-to-unu-lrt/ 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/