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New article

Our article “Development of a study module on and pedagogical approaches to industrial environmental engineering and sustainability in Mozambique” has been published by the International Journal of Higher Education (Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017): http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/ijhe/issue/view/533   Posted by Roope

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Niina Torikka completed her exchange (Faculdade de agronomia e engenharia florestal) and her experiences from this visit encourage us all to keep on working together and generating new ideas. For example, she did a report on illegal logging in Mozambique … Continue reading

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The XIV World Forestry Congress

Team Vagalhão joined the WFC2015 – Forests and people: investing in a sustainable future: http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/world-forestry-congress/en/ http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/world-forestry-congress/outcome/en/ Interesting themes and topics included, for example, investment in forest education, research and capacity-building, product innovations and sustainable trade, sustainable forest management, capacity-building for good forest governance … Continue reading

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Aalto student mobility

Ms. Niina Torikka started her 3 months study period in Mozambique in September. She takes part in multiple courses at UEM (Maputo) and also field work in the Machipanda area. This mobility takes place within the Sol Nascente NSS-project. Posted … Continue reading

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Travel report 2015 Mozambique – Niassa, Nampula, Sofala, Manica, Maputo

Lots of field experiences for practical first hand information! Thank you all for receiving us! Please see report here: Travel report 2015 Vagalhão Project teaser: HEI ICI Vagalhão – teaser 2015 Posted by Mikko

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Climate-Smart Agriculture 2015 Global Science Conference

Team Vagalhão participated in the Climate-Smart Agriculture 2015 Global Science Conference, March 16-18.2015, Montpellier, France. Webpage: http://csa2015.cirad.fr/ Interesting future R&D activities include, for example, development of metrics for CSA with special emphasis on field level verification. Posted by Roope

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“Sol Nascente” UEM-Aalto Sustainability and Clean Technologies Network – UEM student exchange report

NSS UEM student exchange report   Posted by Roope

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Eduardo Mondlane students’ Finland visit highlights

Students of Eduardo Mondlane University from Maputo did their two-month intensive training and thesis literature work at Aalto University in the end of 2014. Time was well spent on learning on each thesis in detail and sharing the information. Lectures, … Continue reading

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Travel report – Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique

Our latest travel report: Travel report III 2014 Vagalhao – Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique Posted by Roope

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Joint eI4Africa / iMENTORS Conference – “e-Infrastructures for Africa: Gateways to the Future”

Team Vagalhão participated in networking in this event: Joint eI4Africa / iMENTORS Conference “e-Infrastructures for Africa: Gateways to the Future” Oct. 29, 2014 – Hotel Bloom, Brussels A Conference jointly organised by the eI4Africa and iMENTORS EU/FP7 projects under the aegis of … Continue reading

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