Opposition against plans to erect high voltage power lines along Sprengisandur plateau in the central highlands is gaining momentum in Iceland.
According to a new survey by Gallup 43.4 percent of Icelanders are against the plans, up from 36 percentages in August 2013. The survey was conducted in March for the Icelandic Environment Association and Landvernd Iceland Nature Conservation Association.
Sprengisandur is a primitive desert between the Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull glaciers. This is one of Iceland's most remote and desolate areas, inhabitable and only accessible for a few months of the year. It is a truly awe-inspiring wasteland.
Read more: Organisations start a petition to try and save the highlands from developments
The majority, or 61.4 percentage, of Icelanders support the idea of making the central highlands into a national park, according to the new survey.
Read more: Burnt by volcanoes and stripped naked by ferocious winters
Opposition against plans to erect high voltage power lines along Sprengisandur plateau in the central highlands is gaining momentum in Iceland.
According to a new survey by Gallup 43.4 percent of Icelanders are against the plans, up from 36 percentages in August 2013. The survey was conducted in March for the Icelandic Environment Association and Landvernd Iceland Nature Conservation Association.
Sprengisandur is a primitive desert between the Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull glaciers. This is one of Iceland's most remote and desolate areas, inhabitable and only accessible for a few months of the year. It is a truly awe-inspiring wasteland.
Read more: Organisations start a petition to try and save the highlands from developments
The majority, or 61.4 percentage, of Icelanders support the idea of making the central highlands into a national park, according to the new survey.
Read more: Burnt by volcanoes and stripped naked by ferocious winters
