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Adaptation Iceland has considerable experience in the risk management of natural hazards and the many of the risks associated with climate change impacts can be dealt with using existing policy tools...

What is Biological Diversity? Biological diversity has been defined as the variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecolo...

International Cooperation The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted at the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. Iceland signed the Convention at the conference, and it entered into for...

Research and monitoring There are several institutions responsible for research, monitoring and responding to changes of the Icelandic biota. conducts basic research on the zoology and botany of Icel...

Icelandic Flora and Fauna The fauna of Iceland numbers thousands of species. Research show that most species living in Iceland seem to have arrived almost exclusively from Europe, with a few exceptio...

Content from before 2020 The role of the Financial Stability Council changed on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the Central Bank and the Financial Supervisory Authority. Before the merger, the Coun...

Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA´s) Iceland has concluded a total of 44 bilateral Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA´s). Drafting of these agreements was based on the OECD TIEA model and ...

Double Taxation Treaties Double Taxation Agreements (DTA´s) are treaties between two or more countries on how to avoid double taxation of income and property. The Icelandic DTA model is largely based...

Aquaculture History of Aquaculture Initially based on the on-rearing of salmonids for release into rivers, aquaculture efforts in Iceland gradually developed into larger-scale rearing of fish for the...

History of fisheries Early history From the era of settlement of Iceland in the late 9th century, until the 20th century, Iceland‘s economy rested on farming and fisheries. The fishing season was def...

Processing and products Advances in production Fishery products and processing methods in Iceland were developed from a practical point of view: How to preserve the landed catch given the local condi...

News Search here Date Titill Nov 23, 2020 Iceland's first film policy is born Nov 11, 2020 Consulate open only by appointment due to COVID-19 restrictions Oct 06, 2020 Icelandic Government Scholarshi...

Travelling to Iceland For information about travelling to Iceland we refer you to the Official Tourism Information Site Visit Iceland. See also the website of the Canadian Embassy in Iceland. Visit I...

Consulate Information Iceland has had an honorary Consul in Winnipeg since 1942 and in 1999 a professional diplomat was sent to head the new Consulate General that was opened that year. The Consulate...

News Search here Date Titill Apr 11, 2022 Ertu á leiðinni út um páskana? Er vegabréfið þitt í gildi? Mar 24, 2022 Consul General Nikulas Hannigan at Ukraine Flag Raising in NYC Mar 22, 2022 Video Rec...

IACC - Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce is a network of Icelandic and American business and community leaders dedicated to promoting trade between Ice...

Visa to Iceland IMPORTANT: For information regarding the current temporary travel restrictions to Iceland, please click here to visit the website of the Icelandic Police. In order to provide better a...

Inspired by Iceland: North America (IN) is a co-operative public/private marketing program that promotes tourism, services, product and the culture of Iceland to the North American audience. Iceland ...

Alignments with statements Search here Date Titill Jul 22, 2022 1383 PC 21 July 2022 (Ukraine, MH17) Jul 14, 2022 1382 PC 14 July 2022 (Ukraine, Srebrenica) Jul 08, 2022 1381 PC 8 July 2022 (Uzbekist...

Statements Statements by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Permanent Secretary of State and Permanent Representative. Search here Date Titill Sep 01, 2022 Statement at OSCE on The Russian Federation’s On...