Under the supervision of Land and Forest Iceland, the Midgard tour operator in Hvolsvöllur enjoyed a beautiful spring day on Wednesday, April 24th, undertaking the task of planting approximately 800 downy birch saplings in an area that the company has designated for the purpose of restoring the native birch ecosystem.

About five hundred people have now signed up for excursions, which are being offered in connection with the IUFRO World Conference which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, in June. Two Icelandic tours are still available and six tours of Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.

Land and Forest Iceland is seeking a forestry consultant for its operations centre in West-Iceland. (Update 27 January: Application deadline expired.)

GraphoGame was originally designed with the needs of students with reading problems in mind. The prgram comes from a Finnish origin. It's design was influenced by reasearch made by the University of Jyväskylä.

There was great interest in the conference Connecting the State this year, which took place on 26 September at Hilton Nordica and through streaming.

1.7 newborns per day

The Icelandic National Planning Agency will hold a meeting on proposals for a coastal area plan for the Westfjords and Eastfjords, on Tuesday 9 August at 13:30. The meeting will take place in the building of the Icelandic National Planning Agency at Borgartún 7B and is open to all.

Now Product, the payment system for agriculture, has connected to a digital mailbox in the central service portal of the Icelandic authorities.

The Innovation Prize is awarded in the run-up to the Innovation Day for the Public Sector, which will take place on 15 May at Hilton Reykjavík Nordica.

The Minister of Justice has temporarily appointed Svavar Pálsson, the district commissioner of North East Iceland, as the district commissioner of East Iceland from November 1, 2024, to October 31, 2025.