{"id":15005,"date":"2022-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/votlendissjodur-afhendir-vonina-a-althjodlegum-degi-jardar\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:20:29","slug":"wetlands-fund-delivers-hope-on-international-day-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/votlendissjodur-afhendir-vonina-a-althjodlegum-degi-jardar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur receives the Hope from the Wetlands Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Wetland Fund presents Hope on the International Day of the Earth<\/h4>\n<p>On the International Day of Earth, Friday 22 April, the President of Iceland, Gu\u00f0ni Th. J\u00f3hannesson, presented \u201eHope\u201c, the Wetlands Foundation's award of appreciation for the year 2021. The award was presented for the first time last year, when it went to artists and scientists who have supported the Fund. This year, the recipients of the Hope are the owners of the first parcels of land that the Fund has completed restoration on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/votlendiapril2022.jpg\" alt=\"Wetlands April 2022\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1661px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1661\/798;\"><\/p>\n<h4>Wetland restoration, one of humanity's main weapons in the fight against global warming&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>Friday was Earth Day, and it is fitting to present The Hope on that day, as the restoration of wetlands is one of humanity's main weapons in the fight against global warming. At the same time, it is the restoration of ecosystems and the strengthening of natural diversity. In total, all the farms amount to a sequestration of 5,800 tonnes \u2013 which is the equivalent of the emissions from 2,900 cars. The owners of the landholdings of Hof, Bleiksm\u00fdri, Kr\u00edsuv\u00edkurm\u00fdri, Grafarkot, Gottorp, Kirkjub\u00f3l in Korpudal, Horn and Sk\u00f3gar within Dynjandi, and F\u00edfusta\u00f0adal by Arnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur are receiving The Hope this year. In total, the farms account for a reduction of 5,800 tonnes \u2013 the equivalent of the emissions from 2,900 cars.<\/p>\n<h4>More about the owners of the lands<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The couple J\u00f3fr\u00ed\u00f0ur Gilsd\u00f3ttir and \u00deorfinnur S. Hermannsson are the owners of Hof. It was the first estate that the Wetlands Fund restored, and Thorfin himself carried out the work. On their behalf, Gudmundur Freyr Kristjansson is taking on Vonin. In total, the area is 16 hectares, representing a reduction in emissions of 320 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"internal\" href=\"\/en\/province\/news\/restoration-of-a-wetland-in-hafnarfjordur\/\">Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Municipality<\/a> is the owner of Bleiks- and Kr\u00edsuv\u00edkurm\u00fdri. These were estates 2 and 3 that the fund restored. This involves 29 hectares in Bleiksm\u00fdri and 24 hectares in Kr\u00edsuv\u00edkurm\u00fdri. A total of 54 hectares and a reduction in emissions of 1,060 tonnes per year \u2013 for comparison, that is the equivalent of 530 passenger cars per year. It is Mayor R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir who receives the thank-you award.<\/li>\n<li>The brothers Kristmann \u00d6rn Magn\u00fasson and Leifur Ragnar Magn\u00fasson, along with their families, are the owners of Grafarkot. The land was reclaimed at the start of the Covid year, 2020, and the work was completed in April of that year. In total, there are around 30 hectares, and 600 tonnes of annual emissions have been stopped. Kristmann \u00d6rn receives the award on behalf of the owners.<\/li>\n<li>Stein\u00fe\u00f3r Hjaltason's family are the owners of Gottorp. They reclaimed this ancient estate in the summer of 2020. Stein\u00fe\u00f3r is a contractor himself in K\u00f3pavogur and carried this out in consultation with advisers from the Land Restoration Authority. In total, this involves 33 hectares, which represents 660 tonnes of annual emissions that have been stopped.<\/li>\n<li>P\u00e1ll \u00c1. R. Stef\u00e1nsson and family are the owners of Kirkjub\u00f3l in Korpudal. Restoration work was carried out there in the autumn of 2020. It was the contractors Thotunn in Bolungav\u00edk who carried out that project, and the land was drained in 1972. There, 24 hectares were reclaimed, and a total of 480 tonnes of emissions were prevented.<\/li>\n<li>Vi\u00f0ir Birgisson and his family are the owners of the Horns and Sk\u00f3gar farms. In total, they cover about 26 hectares and produce 1,040 tonnes. The work was completed on the winter solstice in December 2020 and was quite an adventure, as the area is uninhabited at that time.<\/li>\n<li>Ragnhei\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir is the owner of F\u00edfusta\u00f0adalur by Arnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Restoration work was carried out there in the autumn of 2021. It was a joint project between the contractors \u00deotunn and Su\u00f0urverk, as well as a member of staff from the Land Restoration Authority. This is by far the fund's largest project to date, covering nearly 60 hectares in total and involving around 1,200 tonnes of stabilisation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More about the Wetland Fund<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.votlendi.is\/\">The Wetland Foundation<\/a> is a non-profit organisation funded by contributions from socially responsible companies, charities and individuals. Wetland restoration stops the release of carbon dioxide equivalents, enhances biodiversity and birdlife, and improves water management in fishing rivers.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Votlendissj\u00f3\u00f0ur afhendir Vonina \u00e1 al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legum degi jar\u00f0ar \u00c1 al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legum degi jar\u00f0ar, f\u00f6studaginn 22 apr\u00edl, afhenti forseti \u00cdslands, Gu\u00f0ni Th. J\u00f3hannesson, \u201eVonina\u201c, \u00feakkl\u00e6tis-vi\u00f0urkenningu Votlendissj\u00f3\u00f0s fyrir \u00e1ri\u00f0 2021. Vi\u00f0urkenningin var veitt \u00ed fyrsta sinn \u00ed fyrra en \u00fe\u00e1 f\u00f3r h\u00fan til lista- og v\u00edsindaf\u00f3lks sem lagt hefur sj\u00f3\u00f0num li\u00f0. \u00cd \u00e1r eru \u00fea\u00f0 eigendur fyrstu jar\u00f0anna sem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_wds_title":"","_wds_metadesc":"","_wds_focus-keywords":"","_wds_meta-robots-adv":"","_wds_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_wds_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_wds_meta-robots-index":false,"_wds_meta-robots-follow":false,"_wds_autolinks-exclude":false,"_wds_canonical":"","_wds_redirect":"","_wds_opengraph":[],"_wds_twitter":[],"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15005"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}