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Islandia replanta a toda prisa los bosques arrasados por los vikingos

Adalsteinn Sigurgeirsson, Deputy director of the Icelandic Forest Service takes part in tree planting at Lava filde near Thorlakshofn, Iceland on May 21, 2019. - Before being colonised 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 island.
The country is considered the least forested in Europe; indeed, forests in Iceland are so rare, or their trees so young, that it is commonly joked that those lost in the woods only need to stand up to find their way. (Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP)
Adalsteinn Sigurgeirsson, Deputy director of the Icelandic Forest Service takes part in tree planting at Lava filde near Thorlakshofn, Iceland on May 21, 2019. - Before being colonised 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 island. The country is considered the least forested in Europe; indeed, forests in Iceland are so rare, or their trees so young, that it is commonly joked that those lost in the woods only need to stand up to find their way. (Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP) HALLDOR KOLBEINS
Adalsteinn Sigurgeirsson (izquierda), director adjunto del Servicio Forestal de Islandia y Hreinn Oskarsson, director de coordinación y jefe de estrategia del Servicio Forestal de ese país, participan en la plantación de árboles en Lava filde cerca de Thorlakshofn, el 21 de mayo de 2019. (Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP) (HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP)

Reikiavik. Antes de ser colonizada por los vikingos, Islandia estaba cubierta de bosques que servían de protección contra las tormentas. Pero los temibles guerreros arrasaron con todo y la isla es reforestada actualmente a marcha forzada, en virtud de la biodiversidad y del clima.

Los bosques en Islandia son tan raros o tan jóvenes que, según una broma popular, si un caminante se pierde en medio del bosque, no tiene más que ponerse de pie para saber dónde está.

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