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25 August 2025

WGC2026 Fellowships

Fellowships for WGC2026, 8-12 June 2026, Canada
29 August 2025

Landgræðsluskóli GRÓ útskrifar 19 sérfræðinga

Átjándi nemendahópur Landgræðsluskóla GRÓ útskrifaðist á þriðjudaginn. Nemendahópurinn samanstóð af 19 sérfræðingum á sviði sjálfbærrar landnýtingar og endurheimtar vistkerfa, frá níu samstarfslöndum skólans í Afríku og Asíu.
Masetsabelo Cecilia Moqekela from Lesotho
28 August 2025

GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme graduated 19 fellows

The GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme (GRÓ LRT) celebrated the graduation of 19 specialists in sustainable land management and ecosystem restoration this week at a ceremony held at the Agricultural University of Iceland, Keldnaholt campus. This marks the 18th graduating cohort since the programme was established in 2007.
26 August 2025

Margaret Masette, FTP fellow from 1999, passed away at the age of 70

As a young fisheries scientist from Uganda, Dr. Margaret Masette joined the Fisheries Training Programme in Iceland just one year after its establishment and she remained a devoted member of the FTP alumni community throughout her career.
Latifa Husein from Ghana presents her individual project: Perceptions of vegetation loss in declining crop yields
– the case of Yipelnaayili community in Kumbungu district of the Northern Region of Ghana. Latifa's supervisor is David Cook (University of Iceland).
22 August 2025

GRÓ LRT Fellows Present Their Final Projects

On August 19 and 20, the GRÓ LRT fellows of 2025 presented their final projects at an open seminar held at the Keldnaholt campus. The fellows shared the results of their research projects, developed under the supervision of experts from various institutions in Iceland.
20 August 2025

GRÓ nemendur ræða mikilvægi sjálfbærrar þróunar við forseta Íslands á Bessastöðum

Nemendur Jarðhitaskóla og Landgræðsluskóla GRÓ, sem og starfsmenn GRÓ miðstöðvarinnar og skólanna tveggja, voru boðnir að Bessastöðum þann 18. ágúst sl. til fundar við Höllu Tómasdóttur forseta Íslands.