Graduation from the 2012 six-month training

On 4 October, ten fellows graduated from the UNU-LRT annual six-month training course. The graduated fellows are from Ghana (2), Uganda (2), Namibia (2), Uzbekistan (1) and Mongolia (3), five women and five men. At the graduation ceremony the Permanent secretary of state, Mr. Einar Gunnarsson addressed the fellows as well as the UNU-LRT Director, and the chair of the UNU-LRT board.  The 2012 fellows graduated from two specialized lines:  Land degradation and global environmental change, and Sustainable land management.

This was the third graduation since the Land Restoration Training programme became a part of the United Nations University.  The programme was established in 2007 and since then 41 fellows from ten countries have graduated from the programme.  The training takes place at the Agricultural University of Iceland and the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, under a fellowship funded by the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs.