Dept. of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric)

NEWS and EVENTS:

Ayana Angassa has successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled "The Dynamics of Savanna Ecosystems and Management in Borana, Southern Ethiopia". Read more...

Gufu Oba's article 'Challenges and opprtunities for pastoralism in Africa. Degrading rangelands or maintaining resilience?' has been published in the WAAP Book of the Year 2006. Read more...

Arild Vatn's book 'Institutions and Environment' is the winner of the joint AFEE-EAEPE Prize Competition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thorstein Veblen, an Norwegian-born American economist and sociologist. Read more...


New PhD students at Noragric:
David Mwesigye Tumusiime, Makerere University, Uganda: "Dependence on environmental income by households around Rwenzori Mountain National Park, western Uganda"

Kishor Atreya, Tribhuvan University, Nepal: "Environmental and human health impacts of pesticide use in intensified Himalayan agriculture"

Frode Sundnes, Norway: "Land reform and conservation in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa".


New books
"Conflicts Over Land and Water in Africa" by Bill Derman Rie Odgaard Espen Sjaastad (eds.) has been launched.

Between War & Peace in Sudan & Sri Lanka - Deprivation & Livelihood Revival", edited by Prof. N. Shanmugaratnam, will be available later in 2007.


UMB offers
1 Bachelor and 13 Master programmes taught in English, as well as several short-term studies. Please take a look at UMB's Study options page.

Noragric, the Tivoli building Foto: Evy Jørgensen

Updated: 08.10.07
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