GUNNARSHOLT, Iceland — With his flats of saplings and a red planting tool, Jon Asgeir Jonsson is a foot soldier in the fight to reforest Iceland, working to bring new life to largely barren landscapes ...

Four years after a global pledge to end deforestation, the amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is ...

Iceland is perhaps one of the worst cases of deforestation that the world has seen. Over the last 1,000 years, the country's forests have been felled for the purposes of timber or pastures for ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Hug trees, not friends — that’s the message Iceland forest rangers are sending to the public amid the ...

Humans are slowly reshaping the planet by warming the atmosphere, but some of our activities have had a much more profound impact on the landscape. For example, civilization has transformed Iceland ...

Iceland is trying to ramp up its tree-planting programs, which have doubled its forest cover since 1950. Trees provide many benefits, in addition to storing carbon, and are being embraced by many ...

Tucked away in the northern woodlands of Iceland lies a cozy new spa set to soothe visitors who are looking to enjoy natural hot springs and greenery in equal measure. Forest Lagoon, designed by the ...

Planting trees is “among the least painful ways” to meet the country’s goal to slash carbon emissions, experts say REYKJAVÍK, Dec 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An hour’s hike across a vast expanse ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Before being colonized by the Vikings, Iceland was lush with forests, but the fearsome warriors razed everything to the ground and the nation is now struggling to reforest the ...

Feeling the Coronavirus blues? Forest rangers in Iceland are working to clear roads and paths leading up to trees for people to hug as an alternative to hugging friends and family. On the eastern side ...