3 July 2025
GRÓ LRT Fellows Visit Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Last week, the 2025 GRÓ LRT fellows went on a one-day study trip to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula to learn about sustainable land use, conservation, and community-based development initiatives.
3 July 2025
GRÓ LRT Fellows Visit the Hekluskógar Restoration Area in South Iceland
On 18 June 2025, the GRÓ LRT fellows took part in a full-day excursion to South Iceland to explore land restoration in practice, with a focus on the large-scale Hekluskógar project.
30 June 2025
GRÓ LRT Scholarship Recipient Leonard Gondwe Defends MSc Thesis in Restoration Ecology
This afternoon, Mr. Leonard Gondwe, a GRÓ LRT scholarship recipient, successfully defended his master’s thesis in Restoration Ecology at the Agricultural University of Iceland, within the Department of Environmental and Forest Sciences.
30 June 2025
Service agreements with host institutions renewed up until 2028
The GRÓ centre has finalised the renewal of service agreements for the period 2026-2028 with all four institutions that host the four GRÓ training programmes. All four agreements were signed in June 2025.
27 June 2025
The small country that teaches the world – Iceland and development cooperation through the education of the GRÓ programmes
A translation of an original article appearing in visir.is June 27 2025
27 June 2025
“A mind-blowing experience”- Pacific Islands Delegation Visits Iceland to Learn from Fisheries Innovation
In June 2025, GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme (GRÓ FTP) arranged a Knowledge-Exchange visit for a high-level delegation from the Pacific region.