Government to Increase Reforestation in Iceland
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Iceland's Government Intends to Expand Funding to Reforestation Efforts Around the Country
RÚVreports that while recent years have seen government cuts to Iceland's national reforestation efforts, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson wants to reverse that trend.
The minister points out that even as demand for timber is growing, successive cuts over the years have made many tree planters worried about the impact the demand will have on Iceland's forests.
Forests compriseonly about 0.3%of Iceland's total land area. Historically, birch forest and woodland covered some25% to 40%of Iceland at the time of the first human settlements some 1140 years ago.
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