lör 25 okt 2014, 16:39#295473
Tak så mycket Åberg!
If I'm not mistaken you were asking about forestry in Iceland. Right? Unfortunately we have lost most of our forest cover since the settlement due to grazing, erosion etc. Nowadays Iceland has the smallest forest cover of all the European countries (except for the Vatican if I remember correctly). Furthermore we have only three native species birch (Betula pubescens), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and aspen (Populus tremula). Therefore foreign species play an important role in Icelandic forestry, especially species from Alaska such as the black cottonwood, sitka spruce and lodgepole pine. Larch (Larix sibirica) is also one of the most common species in our forestry, especially in the nortern and eastern part of the country where the climate and conditions are more favourable for that species.
Forestry is a young sector in Iceland (even though we have been working in this field for over a century now). Most of our planted forests are relatively young (planted after 1990) and we lack the infrastructure, the tradition and the forest industry (saw mills etc.) which the other Nordic countries have. That's why it is still very important for Icelandic foresters to work and/or study abroad, especially in countries that have a great forestry tradition and knowledge in this field.
I'll be glad to answer if you have more questions on forestry in Iceland. There's also a great overview in English available online:
http://skog.is/forest/images/stories/fo ... d_2009.pdf