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Þjórsárver Protected Area Quadrupled Today
Today, the protected area around Þjórsárver by Höfsjökull in the south of Iceland will be enlarged from 358 square kilometres to 1.563, according to a source speaking to Fréttablaðið. The increase means that the protected land will be quadrupled in size. The…
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Head Of Iceland’s Conservation Association: Trump Is A ‘Sociopath’
Árni Finsson, the head of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association has called Donald Trump a “sociopath”, in response to the President pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement. “Well, maybe other words are better at describing him,” Árni said in response…
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Þjórsárver: Disappearing From View
When photographer Anna Domnick first experienced Icelandic nature in 2012 on a working trip, she said she was awestruck by what she saw: magnificent untouched open spaces that have been preserved due to Iceland’s conservation laws. Anna explains over the phone from…
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Björk-Fronted Campaign Raises 35 Million ISK For Environment
Harpa played home to three big names from the world arts stage yesterday when Björk, Darren Aronofsky and Patti Smith joined two Icelandic conservation agencies to launch the ‘Stopp – Gætum Garðsins!’ benefit concert. At a press conference held outside Harpa’s Eldborg…
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Fit For Print
Tourism, it need hardly be pointed out, is big business in Iceland, an industry which in the years following the crash has ballooned, with more than double the country’s population visiting last year. But while making it into the New York Times…