Guest lecture: Dr Abdiqani Farah from East Africa University

Posted on by Adrián A Monge Monge

Dr Abdiqani Farah (Dean, Faculty of Science, and Director, Somali Institute of Environmental Studies, East Africa University, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia), will give a guest lecture at the Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI)VITRI_logo

Title: Urban Charcoal Consumption and its Implications
on the Rate of Deforestation in Puntland
Time: Thursday 10 September from 13:15-14:45
Venue: Ls-2, C-Building, Latokartanonkaari 5, Viikki

The lecture is followed by a discussion on ongoing and planned academic cooperation between Finland and Somalia in the fields of land rehabilitation, agroforestry, biofuels and food security. Currently, VITRI is a partner in two projects for desertification control implemented by the Finnish Somalia Network in southern and central Somalia, including Puntland.

For more information, contact Olavi Luukkanen
(olavi.luukkanen@helsinki.fi, tel. +358 400 847849)