LRT recognised as United Nations University Training Programme

The Land Restoration Training Programme has reached a very important milestone. The agreement of cooperation between the United Nations University, the Government of Iceland, the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland (SCSI), and the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) has now been signed by all parties. From now on the programme will be known as the United Nations University – Land Restoration Training Programme (UNU-LRT). Please note that the programme‘s homepage is now under the URL www.unulrt.is although the old URL http://www.lrt.is/ will also be active.

The process from the first idea of establishing a training programme in Iceland on land restoration and sustainable land management, until becoming a fully flown UNU training programme, is long and has depended on the work of many good people. The UNU-LRT team would like to thank you all for your contribution and commitment to the programme. Our wish is that this is only the beginning of a highly successful training programme, which will be leading in training of professionals from developing countries in land restoration and sustainable land management.

Congratulation to all of us!