GEORGE NEWS - Nelson Mandela University Forestry students Zamadlamini Dlamini and Tertius Venter attended the 14th International Junior Forest Contest which took place in Moscow, Russia from 3 to 8 September.

The contest brings together young foresters from around the world to reward the young scientists for their interest and efforts in the environmental field.

The third year forestry students presented their research titled 'Peat fires of Zululand' (Dlamini) and 'Testing different growing media to improve clonal production' (Venter). 

Both students were highly commended for their work and received merit diplomas and medals for their research presentations.

Twenty-eight countries were involved in the contest and 35 participants presented their findings and unique forestry-related research. 

Apart from the research presentations, the delegates took part in teambuilding activities and were also taken on excursions in and around the central city of Moscow.

Tertius Venter (left) is congratulated by Victor F. Fomchenkov (centre), an Honorable Forester of the Russian Federation, and Anatoly Pisarenko (right), president of the All-Russian Society of Foresters.

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