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The Icelandic Forest Service (Icelandic: Skógræktin [ˈskouː(ɣ)ˌraixtɪn]) (IFS) is a subordinate agency to the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Iceland. This governmental institution works not only with and for the government but also for the public and other parties interested. The main subjects are research development, consultation work and the distribution of knowledge and know-how within the Icelandic forest sector. Furthermore, the IFS acts as Iceland's representative body for international forest-related cooperation. The Director of IFS as of 2016 is Mr. . The Icelandic Forest Research Mógilsá (Icelandic: Mógilsá, rannsóknasvið Skógræktarinnar) is a research division of the Icelandic Forest Service with headquarters located at , near Reykjavík.

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  • Icelandic Forest Service (en)
  • Servizio Forestale Islandese (it)
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  • The Icelandic Forest Service (Icelandic: Skógræktin [ˈskouː(ɣ)ˌraixtɪn]) (IFS) is a subordinate agency to the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Iceland. This governmental institution works not only with and for the government but also for the public and other parties interested. The main subjects are research development, consultation work and the distribution of knowledge and know-how within the Icelandic forest sector. Furthermore, the IFS acts as Iceland's representative body for international forest-related cooperation. The Director of IFS as of 2016 is Mr. . The Icelandic Forest Research Mógilsá (Icelandic: Mógilsá, rannsóknasvið Skógræktarinnar) is a research division of the Icelandic Forest Service with headquarters located at , near Reykjavík. (en)
  • Il servizio forestale islandese (in lingua islandese Skógræktin) è un ente di protezione forestale subordinato al Ministero per le risorse ambientali e naturali del . Prima della colonizzazione vichinga dell'Islanda, si stima che il 40% dell'isola fosse coperto da fitte foreste. A causa di un disboscamento intensivo finalizzato alla produzione di legna e all'allevamento ovino, delle foreste originarie oggi non rimane che una parte residuale, che si sviluppa su circa il 2% della superficie del paese. Al fine di incrementare l'area forestata del paese, il Skógræktin incoraggia la coltivazione di alberi nell'isola. (it)
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  • Icelandic Forest Service (en)
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  • Miðvangur 2 - 4, 700 Egilsstaðir, Iceland (en)
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  • English logo of the Icelandic Forest Service (en)
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  • Skógrækt Ríkisins (en)
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  • Þröstur Eysteinsson, director (en)
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  • The Icelandic Forest Service (Icelandic: Skógræktin [ˈskouː(ɣ)ˌraixtɪn]) (IFS) is a subordinate agency to the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Iceland. This governmental institution works not only with and for the government but also for the public and other parties interested. The main subjects are research development, consultation work and the distribution of knowledge and know-how within the Icelandic forest sector. Furthermore, the IFS acts as Iceland's representative body for international forest-related cooperation. The Director of IFS as of 2016 is Mr. . The Icelandic Forest Research Mógilsá (Icelandic: Mógilsá, rannsóknasvið Skógræktarinnar) is a research division of the Icelandic Forest Service with headquarters located at , near Reykjavík. The head of research is Ms. . For over a century the IFS has had two main obligations, one being the protection and expansion of remaining native birchwoods in the country, the other executing afforestation projects throughout the country for the purpose of commercial forestry. Afforestation projects have been put through on IFS lands in different locations in Iceland. Furthermore, state supported afforestation on farms has in recent decades grown to become the main channel for afforestation activity in Iceland. Within the Icelandic farm afforestation grants scheme, contracts are made with landowners, afforestation plans are drawn up for each participating farm, seedling production and distribution are coordinated, education and extension services are provided and grants are distributed. State funding of farm afforestation grants reached a maximum during 2005-2009 but suffered severe cut-backs after the 2008 financial collapse. Planting is now on the rise again after a decade of stagnation. In recent years, with ever clearer signs of global warming, carbon sequestration has become one of the most important drivers of new afforestation projects in Iceland. Iceland has been almost entirely devoid of trees, the trees having been cut down since Viking times, when Iceland had up to 40% woodland cover. The forest service has a programme to encourage people to grow trees in Iceland, planting millions of seedlings each year. Iceland currently has about 2% forest cover. (en)
  • Il servizio forestale islandese (in lingua islandese Skógræktin) è un ente di protezione forestale subordinato al Ministero per le risorse ambientali e naturali del . Prima della colonizzazione vichinga dell'Islanda, si stima che il 40% dell'isola fosse coperto da fitte foreste. A causa di un disboscamento intensivo finalizzato alla produzione di legna e all'allevamento ovino, delle foreste originarie oggi non rimane che una parte residuale, che si sviluppa su circa il 2% della superficie del paese. Al fine di incrementare l'area forestata del paese, il Skógræktin incoraggia la coltivazione di alberi nell'isola. In passato il Servizio Forestale ha promosso l'introduzione del lupino dell'Alaska come primo passo per la riforestazione dell'isola e per la lotta all'erosione del suolo. Col tempo però, tali piante si sono rivelate essere una specie alquanto invasiva, soppiantando le poche specie autoctone dell'isola. La più grande foresta islandese, l'Hallormstaðarskógur, è gestita direttamente da tale ente. (it)
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