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.

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Former LRT fellow from Uzbekistan participates in UNDP projects

Toshpulat Rajabov (in the front) studying a grass species during a fieldtrip in Iceland 2009

Toshpulat Rajabov from Uzbekistan was a LRT fellow in 2009. Since attending LRT, he has been invited to participate in two United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) projects in Uzbekistan. One of the projects concerns restoration models of desert ecosystems of degraded rangelands in Surkhandarya district, Uzbekistan. The other project is about conserving biodiversity and restoring ecosystems of the Kyzylkum desert. Toshpulat´s task is for example to assess vegetation states and to create GIS maps of vegetation associations.

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moya - Útgáfa 1.13 2009 - Stefna ehf