14th June 2024

Info on tree health and flowering requested

It is now summer, and all forms of life are beginning to flourish, including various pests. The Land and Forest Iceland are kindly requesting information from individuals nationwide regarding the presence of pests on trees and other vegetation. Additionally, they are seeking updates on the flowering of tree species and an assessment of the likelihood of successful seed development this autumn.

13th June 2024

Slow summer arrival on Tunguheidi

This year, summer is only gradually arriving in Tunguheiði, a heath located in the upper region of Bláskógabyggð. Similar to the rest of Iceland, particularly in the uplands and highlands, the plants are first now slowly beginning to flourish. Although the land reclamation efforts initiated in Tunguheiði in 1997 are mostly complete, designated areas within the region will receive fertiliser application early this summer.

6th June 2024

Land use emissions rise, but binding in forests rises

At the Climate Day of the Environment Agency of Iceland, which took place recently, the development of emissions and binding in Iceland was reviewed. It was revealed that in 2022 Iceland’s total emissions increased by almost one percent from the previous year. Emissions due to land use increased by the same number, but it was also revealed that the binding of forest land has increased seventeenfold since 1990. Figures on emissions and sequestration in the land use category are based, among other things, on the extensive work of Land and Forest Iceland's experts.