10 January 2013
Farewell and thanks to Gunnar Knapp, the FTP's visiting lecturer in 2013
We at the UNU-FTP were very pleased to spend this past week with Professor Gunnar Knapp, a fisheries economist from the University of Alaska in Anchorage.
4 January 2013
Welcome Dr. Gunnar Knapp, the UNU-FTP's 2013 Guest Lecturer
This year, the UNU-FTP guest lecturer is Professor Gunnar Knapp, fisheries economist. He will be in Iceland for one week, give five lectures which are open to the public, and in addition meet with the fellows of the programme, collectively and individually.
19 December 2012
Season's greetings
When another good year for the UNU-Land Restoration Training Programme has come to an end, we celebrate the milestones reached in 2012 and look forward to the coming year.
19 December 2012
Workshop to review and revise curriculum of six-month training programme
Last week, a successful workshop was held to review and revise the curriculum of the UNU-LRT six-month training programme. Dr. Jeffrey Herrick, the UNU-LRT main international guest lecturer in 2012, re-visited Iceland to participate in the workshop.
12 November 2012
Short Course VII on Exploration for Geothermal Resources
Short Course VII on Exploration for Geothermal Resources is currently underway at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. The course is hosted by the UNU-GTP, Geothermal Development Company, Kenya (GDC), and Kenya Electricity and Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen). The course, which started on October 27 and will last until November 18, is a continuation of the short course series on geothermal exploration that falls within the framework of UNU-GTP Millennium Short Courses that have been conducted annually in Kenya since 2005.