A capacity crowd attended a meeting to discuss the future of Iceland’s central highlands. The meeting, organised by the Icelandic Environment Association, Landvernd, was held at Háskólabíó cinema in Reykjavík yesterday evening.
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Guðmundur Hörður Guðmundsson, the organisation’s director, told RÚV that the great turn out during yesterday’s meeting only proves how concerned Icelanders are about the area’s future and he hopes the government takes notice and scraps its plans to build power stations in the highlands.
“The fight for the protection of the central highlands has touched the nation’s heart, right to its core,” he said.
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The Icelandic Environment Association focuses on environmental issues, and the protection of the central highlands of Iceland is one of its priorities. The central highlands comprises about 40% of the whole country and are considered unique as they possess one of the largest territories south of the Arctic Circle in Europe that has never been settled by man.
The organisation has proposed that the area be made into a national park, an idea supported by a large majority of Icelanders.
A capacity crowd attended a meeting to discuss the future of Iceland’s central highlands. The meeting, organised by the Icelandic Environment Association, Landvernd, was held at Háskólabíó cinema in Reykjavík yesterday evening.
Read more: Organisations start a petition to try and save the highlands from developments
Guðmundur Hörður Guðmundsson, the organisation’s director, told RÚV that the great turn out during yesterday’s meeting only proves how concerned Icelanders are about the area’s future and he hopes the government takes notice and scraps its plans to build power stations in the highlands.
“The fight for the protection of the central highlands has touched the nation’s heart, right to its core,” he said.
Read more: Growing opposition against plans to erect high voltage power lines in the central highlands
The Icelandic Environment Association focuses on environmental issues, and the protection of the central highlands of Iceland is one of its priorities. The central highlands comprises about 40% of the whole country and are considered unique as they possess one of the largest territories south of the Arctic Circle in Europe that has never been settled by man.
The organisation has proposed that the area be made into a national park, an idea supported by a large majority of Icelanders.
