Graduation of UNU-LRT 2011 fellows

On 29 September eight fellows graduated from the UNU-LRT six-month training programme.  The graduated fellows are from Ethiopia (1), Ghana (2), Mongolia (2), Niger (1) and Uganda (2), three women and five men.   At the graduation ceremony the Minister for the Environment, Mrs. Svandís Svavarsdóttir, addressed the fellows and handed out the certificates.   The 2011 fellows graduated from two specialized lines:  Land Degradation Assessment/Land Restoration, and Sustainable Land Management.

This was the second graduation since the Land Restoration Training programme became a part of the United Nations University.  The programme was established in 2007 and since then 31 fellows from ten countries have graduated from the programme.  The training takes place at the Agricultural University of Iceland and the Soil Conservation Service Service of Iceland, under a fellowship funded by the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs.