Interesting articles in English

Breaking the Ice

Maria Maack describes the first steps Iceland is taking towards a hydrogen economy. This article was published in Our Planet; Magazine of the United Environment Programme (UNEP) Ed Geoffrey Lean, Vol 14 no 3 Dec 2003, p 30 – 31.

The role of business in designing new path for development

Tryggvi Felixson, Managing Director for Landvernd, Icelandic Environment Association, presented a paper at the Nordic-Japan Environmental Conference, 11- 12 November 2005. Nature and limits to growth. The role of business in designing new path for development.

VATNAJOKULL NATIONAL PARK: BIGGER AND BETTER

"If the Greater Vatnajokull Natural System Park is developed then I firmly believe that it will give four wins: a win for the environment, a win for the local communities, a win for Iceland and its image, and a win for the world’s special places" writes Roger Crotfs from the IUCN.

COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF ‘VATNAJOKULL NATIONAL PARK’

Jack D. Ives, United Nations University Programme on Mountain Ecology and Sustainable Development participated in a conference on Vatnajökull National Park in September 2000.

Kárahnjukavirkjun - an attack on Iceland’s natural environment

In the view of Tryggvi Felixson, Þórólfur Matthíasson and Guðmundur E. Sigvaldason Karahnjukar-powerplant and Alcoa´s aluminium smelter are an attack on Iceland’s natural environment.

Soil Conservation Service of Iceland

Soil erosion has for a long time been a very serious environmental threat in Iceland. This may explain why Iceland has North Europe’s only designated, and possibly the world’s oldest, Soil Conservation Service (SCS), established 1907.