ICELAND · HABITATS · VEGETATION AND SOIL
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What this layer shows
Planted forests from Land og skógur's forest inventory, with their age class. Planting over 200 ha needs an environmental screening, and clearing forest needs a permit under the Forest Act No. 33/2019.
Where the data comes from
WFS · ogc.gis.is
Merestone asks this service live for the area on screen. Nothing is copied or stored beyond a short cache.
Facts shown for each feature
Age class · Municipality
In these presets
Development and planning
What matters before building: drinking-water protection zones, avalanche hazard, contaminated soil, noise maps, post-glacial lava, recorded archaeological sites and planted forest.
Birds, seals and vegetation
Important bird areas, harbour and grey seal sites, the spread of Nootka lupin, planted forest, land-reclamation areas and soil erosion.