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Stracta Hotel in Hella

Call for talks and posters for the 2026 Annual Icelandic Forestry Conference

The Icelandic Forestry Encouragement Award

Nominations requested for the Forestry Encouragement Award 2026

Distribution of hay bales for land reclamation purposes. Photo credits: Garðar Þorfinnsson

Land Reform Fund calls for grant applications

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New Leadership Appointed at Land and Forest Iceland

The winners of the competition, Marey Ólafía Kristinsdóttir and Gunnar Karl Thoroddsen.

The winners Marey Ólafía Kristinsdóttir and Gunnar Karl Thoroddsen.

Winners of the Peatland LIFEline logo design competition

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Lush vegetation in an area which has been called "The Barren Soils". Photo credits: Garðar Þorfinnsson

The “Barren Soils” No Longer Live Up to Their Name

Land and Forest Iceland leading in sustainable land use

Applications for Division Director Positions at Land and Forest Iceland

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Healthy urban soils make the theme of the World Soil Day 2025. Image credits: FAO

World Soil Day – spotlight on the importance of healthy soils

A contractor getting ready for birch planting. Photo credits: Berglind Guðjónsdóttir

Land Restoration in Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur 2025

The Hamburg Tree for 2025. Photo: Steina Matt

Jóhann Páll Guðnason, chief foreman of port works at Faxaflói Ports, and Viktor Steingrímsson, logger at Land and Forest Iceland, after selecting the Hamburg Tree for 2025. Photo: Steina Matt

Christmas trees exceptionally beautiful this year

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