3rd July 2024

Well done!

The construction of a power line in Rangárvellir towards Gunnarsholt was recently completed. During the project, great attention was paid to maintaining high-quality standards, and as a result, minimal traces of the construction work are visible upon completion.

2nd July 2024

Listen to the science and get started!

The Stockholm Declaration adopted at the recent IUFRO World Congress strongly urges the world to take action against climate change, loss of biodiversity, degradation of ecosystems, pollution of the environment and growing social inequality. The need for forward-looking long-term goals is particularly clear. The importance of forests, trees and forest products on the path to sustainable and prosperous future is highlighted.

1st July 2024

Registration open for the NordGen Forest Conference 2024

NordGen Forest and partners are happy to invite you to a Nordic forest conference entitled "Forest regeneration in the north – the past, the presence and the future". The conference will be arranged by NordGen and partners in Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus Rovaniemi, northern Finland, 18-19 September 2024.

25th June 2024

Our forest on the Great Forest Day

The song "Our Forest" by Hreinn Halldórsson was the winner of the Song Competition of the Great Forest Day, which was among the programme items at the festival held 22 June.

25th June 2024

His Majesty the King of Sweden Addressed the IUFRO Conference in Stockholm

Around 4,200 participants from all over the world will take part in the 29th IUFRO World Congress, an international consortium of forestry research institutions, which started yesterday in Stockholm. His Majesty, the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, opened the Forum and gave a rare interview on the importance of forests and forestry science, especially in the context of climate change.

18th June 2024

Song Contest part of the Great Forest Day

The esteemed Great Forest Day in the Hallormsstaður National Forest commemorates its 20th anniversary with an exceptional program the 21st and 22nd of June. This includes among lots of other things the annual Icelandic Logging Championship, as well as a unique song competition specifically organised to celebrate two decades of this prominent forest event in Iceland.

18th June 2024

Forest events at Midsummer

As has become traditional in recent years, various events will take place in forests throughout Iceland during Midsummer under the title Líf í lundi or "Life in a grove" as you might put it in English.

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.