The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, yesterday gave the opening address at the World Oceans Summit in Singapore.
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Icelandic president opens international oceans summit
Posted on 24 February 2012.
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Iceland welcomes first migratory birds of the year
Posted on 20 February 2012.
The year’s first migratory birds have arrived in Iceland, giving the country’s land dwellers their first glimpse (and sound) of spring.
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Faithful encouraged to practice ‘eco-fasting’
Posted on 15 February 2012.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland is encouraging its flock to take a different slant on Lent this year by committing to ‘eco-fasting’.
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Icelandic president en route to Antarctica
Posted on 30 January 2012.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the President of Iceland, and First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff, are currently sailing to Antarctica, according to the President’s office near Reykjavík. Al Gore, Nobel laureate and former US Vice President invited them to visit the southernmost continent on the planet.
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Greenland offering first east coast oil drilling licences
Posted on 23 January 2012.
Greenlandic authorities have opened bidding on oil prospecting licences to the east of the country for the first time. Interest is said to be strong, with over 70 oil companies attending the Greenlanders’ open meeting on the subject last month in Copenhagen.
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Iceland bans halibut fishing outright amid stock level fears
Posted on 24 December 2011.
All fishing for halibut around Iceland will be banned from 1st January amid ongoing stock decline.
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Greenpeace ambush oil execs into phony meeting
Posted on 11 December 2011.
Greenpeace has got one over on the top dogs of the oil industry after duping them into listening to a lecture about the perils of exploration in Greenland.
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Icelandic fishermen “throwing very little by-catch away”
Posted on 08 December 2011.
There has been a significant reduction in the quantity of Icelandic-caught fish being thrown back into the sea when fish of the wrong size are accidentally caught, or when the boat does not hold a quota for a particular species which ends up in its nets.
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