http://www.lrt.is/ UNU-LRT is a new programme on restoration of degraded land and sustainable land management en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:49:43 +0000 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:49:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Moya 1.13 lrt@lbhi.is lrt@lbhi.is http://www.lrt.is/news/demonstration-of-land-degradation-problems-and-land-restoration-approaches-in-iceland/  Last week this year’s fellows travelled around Iceland to learn first-hand about land degradation problems and how they are being approached.  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:26:00 +0000 http://www.lrt.is/news/demonstration-of-land-degradation-problems-and-land-restoration-approaches-in-iceland/ http://www.lrt.is/news/celebrating-the-international-day-for-biodiversity/ On May 21st the UNU-LRT fellows participated in a tree-planting event to celebrate the International Day for Biodiversity.  This event was a part of the Green Wave Youth Education, an international campaign to educate the youth about biodiversity.  The fellows joined Icelandic school children in planting native trees, helped by the minister for the Environment, Svandís Svavardóttir, and the former president of Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:48:00 +0000 http://www.lrt.is/news/celebrating-the-international-day-for-biodiversity/ http://www.lrt.is/news/2010-unu-lrt-fellows-are-on-their-way-to-iceland/ The fellows of the 2010 UNU-LRT programme are on their way to Iceland.  They will be the first fellows since the LRT programme was recognized as a fully fledged UNU programme in February this year.  The fellows this year come from Ethiopia, Namibia, Niger, Mongolia and Kirgizstan.  They will attend the six month training here in Iceland until October. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:44:30 +0000 http://www.lrt.is/news/2010-unu-lrt-fellows-are-on-their-way-to-iceland/ http://www.lrt.is/news/former-lrt-fellow-from-uzbekistan-participates-in-undp-projects/ 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. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:03:00 +0000 http://www.lrt.is/news/former-lrt-fellow-from-uzbekistan-participates-in-undp-projects/ http://www.lrt.is/news/independent-project-work-of-a-2008-lrt-fellow-generates-attention/ Emily Mutota from Namibia, a LRT fellow from the 2008 programme, did an individual project on the Feasibility for an International Year of Landcare during her study at LRT.  Her LRT project has generated international attention and she has had the opportunity to present her project and issues related to it at three international conferences last year.  Furthermore, Emily Mutota has been invited by the Landcare International committee to present her LRT project at the Australian Landcare National Forum in Adelaide Australia next month. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrt.is/news/independent-project-work-of-a-2008-lrt-fellow-generates-attention/