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The pending footbridge over river Svarfaðardalsá by Hánefstaðir forest grove. Photo credits: Pétur Halldórsson

Second Edition of Quality Criteria for Selecting Land for Afforestation

Árni Bragason explains various projects carried out in Gunnarsholt and surrounding areas. Photo: Halldór Reynisson.

Aldin Visits Gunnarsholt

An aerial photo showing the planting efforts at Geitasandur in May 2026. Photo credits: Helga Lucie Andrée Káradóttir

Birch planted in compost-enriched sand at Geitasandur

Skógarkolefni 2.1

New version of Skógarkolefni set of rules

Tree planting in Þorláksskógar, a collaboration between Land and Forest Iceland and the Municipality of Ölfus.

Sand Encroachment Shaped the Settlement and Landscape

Land reclamation work with bone meal. Photo: Hreinn Óskarsson

Distribution of organic fertiliser on a land reclamation site. Photo: Hreinn Óskarsson.

Land and Forest Iceland signs agreement with Orkugerðin for the purchase of organic fertiliser

DIGI-Rangeland

Do you use land or provide land-use advice but are not a farmer?

Vorviður

The Vorviður Afforestation Project calls for applications

By Lake Hraunsvatn in Öxnadalur. Photo credits: Pétur Halldórsson

Improvements in Iceland’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Award winner Björgvin Örn Eggertsson with representatives of the Forestry Encouragement Award. Photo credits: Hrefna Einarsdóttir

From left: Hjörtur Bergmann Jónsson BÍ, award winner Björgvin Eggertsson, Hreinn Óskarsson LOGS, Ragnhildur Freysteinsdóttir SÍ and Sólrún Þórðardóttir BÍ. Photo: Hrefna Einarsdóttir

Björgvin Örn Receives the Forestry Encouragement Award

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