Several companies offer discounts to members of forestry associations on presentation of a membership card. Now one more company has been added to the list – Skógræktin Ölur in Sólheimar – which offers a 15% discount (not valid with other offers).
Information on which companies offer discounts (and how much) can be found here: https://www.skog.is/skraning-i-felog/. You can also sign up to join a forestry association there.
The Mosfellsbær Forestry Association will hold its annual general meeting on Tuesday, March 12th, 20:00, at the house of Björgunarsveitin Kyndill at Völuteigur 23 in Mosfellsbær.
Programme:
After the regular meeting activities Þröstur Þorgeirsson and Magne Kvam will give a presentation on mountain bike routes in the Associatoin’s area in Mosfellsdalur. They will present the planned development of mountain bike routes in Varmaland and Æsustaðahlíð.
Refreshments on offer.
The Icelandic Forestry Association (IFA) has launched a new website for its land and house at Úlfljótsvatn, where the IFA has been engaging in forestry in collaboration with its co-owners of the Úlfljótsvatn land – the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association and the Scout Association of Reykjavík.
The website describes the IFA’s forestry activities, its volunteering projects, and winter guesthouse, as well as a new winter residency program for writers, podcast/filmmakers, and other artists. The website is mostly aimed at an international audience; future summer volunteers, winter guests and artists, to explain what the IFA does and who it is, but everyone from Iceland and abroad can learn from it.
The future is bright at Úlfljótsvatn!
The website: https://www.ulfljotsvatnlakehouse.com/
The Iceland Forestry Conference 2024 will be held in Hof, Akureyri, 20-21 March. Presenters are requested for the second day of the conference and posters will be displayed during the conference.
The theme of this year’s conference is Forest Resources – Infrastructure and Planning. The Iceland Forestry Conference is organized by Land og Skógur (Land and Forest), the Agricultural University of Iceland, the Icelandic Forestry Association, the Icelandic Forester’s Association and the Icelandic Farmers Association.
Presenters and discussions on the theme form the agenda of the first day of the conference, while the second day is a space for all kinds of topics related to forests and forestry, research, forestry technology and related topics. Applications for space in the agenda for presenters can be made on a special form and also if people wish to submit a poster on the poster presentation of the conference.
The deadline for submitting proposals for presentation is 31 January 2024. All applicants will be answered in the first week of February.
Deadline for submitting poster proposals is 10 March 2024.
Registration for the conference will begin in the first half of February.
Further information can be found (in Icelandic) at: https://island.is/is/land-and-skogur/frett/oskad-eftir-fyrirlestra-og-veggspjoeldum-a-fagradstefnu-skograektar-2024
The forestry association membership card is now electronic. The card is valid for as long as a member is registered in a forestry association but is updated annually. It has been updated for the current year (i.e. for the period 2024-2025).
Users with an active membership card in their phone wallet need not download it again. The card should update automatically on Android phones when it is opened in the wallet, but you can also press the “circle” button at the bottom right to update the card. iPhone users need to go into the wallet and on the “back” side of the card (the three points in the upper right corner), click on “Pass details” and then stroke down the screen and the card should then update.
Members who do not already have an electronic card can contact us to check if an active e-mail address is registered with us and get a link sent to access the cvard. Contact us by e-mail at rf@skog.is or call 551-8150.
If you know a person or people who are doing really good things within forestry and deserve encouragement – please submit a nomination!
The Icelandic Forestry Association wishes everyone a Happy New Year!
Special thanks to all the forestry associations in Iceland – and all our other friends, partners and supporters – for their cooperation this past year.
Rótarskot is for anyone who wants to reduce the amount of fireworks purchased or who doesn’t want to buy fireworks, but for each Rótarskot purchased a tree will be planted by volunteers from search & rescue services and forestry associations. With the purchase of Rótarskot, you support the work of the search & rescue services and forestry in the country.
Rótarskot can be bought at the fireworks markets of search & rescue services all over the country and on the website of Landsbjörg: https://www.landsbjorg.is/verslun/rotarskot
The Icelandic Forestry Association wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2023 and we hope to see you in the forest in 2024!
Do you need to find a gift for someone who „has everything“? How about a tree?
By buying Rótarskot you support Icelandic forestry and the important work of our rescue teams. For every Rótarskot sold, volunteers plant trees across the country – https://www.landsbjorg.is/commerce/rotarskot
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