An international master's program on integrated dryland management has been launched recently at the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI) of CAS. Five students from Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, India and China are now studying in the program at CAREERI in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province.
Under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations University, the Institut des Regions Arides in Tunisia, CAREERI, and the Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie in Tunisia, the objective of the program to enhance the capacity of developing countries to manage their dryland resources. It is intended to provide young professionals and scientists an international perspective on resource management approaches in drylands. Students enrolled in the program will attend courses for one semester each in Tunisia and China, and complete a research project in their home country. The program is jointly offered by the four partner institutions as an internationally accepted degree.
