6 August 2014
UNU-FTP fellows at IIFET Conference
The International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) held its biennial this summer in Brisbane, Australia. As with the last IIFET conference in Dar es Salaam, the UNU-FTP sponsored the participation of a number of former fellows selected by IIFET to present at the conference.
The UNU-FTP extends a special congratulations to Muhamad Suhendar and Fanuel Kapute, who have each received Honorable Mentions from the IIFET for their quality contributions to the conference this year. Fanuel Kaupte has received an honorable mention in the EAFE Best African Student Paper Contest and Mohamad Suhendar for JIFRS-Yamamoto Best Paper on Sustainable Fishing contest.
14 July 2014
Short course IX to be held in Kenya in Nov. 2014
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland, Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd. (KenGen), and Geothermal Development Company (GDC) in Kenya will be hosting “Short Course IX on Exploration for Geothermal Resources”, to be held at Lake Bogoria Hotel and at Lake Naivasha Country Club, Naivasha, Kenya, 2-23 November, 2014.
7 July 2014
UNU-LRT Fellows visit West and North of Iceland
Last week the UNU-LRT fellows were taken on a 4-day field trip to the West and North of Iceland. The purpose of the trip was to expose them to some of the restoration work done in the region and the challenges faced in respect to land degradation and implementation of restoration projects. The Icelandic weather played a significant role during the trip as it was raining heavily at times but that made the black wet deserts in the highlands of Iceland all the more evident.
20 June 2014
Visit to the Icelandic Institute of Natural History
The UNU-LRT fellows visited the Icelandic Institute of Natural History recently in the Institute’s impressive new facilities in Gardabaer. The Director of the Ecology Department, Dr Borgþór Magnússon, and his staff welcomed the fellows and introduced the cartography work at the institution and research on rangeland condition, effect of climate change on vegetation and the distribution of the introduced Nootka lupine in Iceland.
3 June 2014
The Executive Secretary of the UNCCD visits UNU-LRT
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Ms Monique Barbut, was in Iceland this week. During her stay she had a meeting with fellows, staff members and the Studies Committee of UNU-LRT. This was an honour for the programme, especially because it is rooted in the Convention and works towards the same objectives: to combat land degradation and desertification.
2 June 2014
Home countries seminar
The annual seminar on the status of geothermal energy research, development and application in the home countries of the UNU Fellows will be held on Thursday 5 June 2014 at Orkustofnun in Víðgelmir.
The seminar starts at 09:00 and is open to all intertested parties.