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Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice
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- Introductive Level
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Syllabus
PART 2. SHEEP GRAZING IN THE NORTH
2.1 Sheep grazing in the North
2.2 Sheep grazing in Iceland
2.3 Sheep grazing can lead to soil erosion
PART 3. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHEEP GRAZING IN ICELAND
3.1 Iceland before sheep
3.2 Modelling the ecosystem
3.3 Then, sheep arrived
3.4 Efforts to mitigate environmental degradation
PART 4. THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF SHEEP GRAZING IN ICELAND
4.1 Sheep in Iceland today
4.2 Current efforts in ecological research
4.3 Sustainable sheep grazing?
PART 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Prerequisite
Instructors
Isabel C Barrio
Associate Professor
Agricultural University of Iceland
David S Hik
Professor
Simon Fraser University
Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir
Professor
The University of Iceland
Ólafur Arnalds
Professor
Agricultural University of Iceland
Egill Erlendsson
Professor
The University of Iceland
Þórunn Pétursdóttir
Senior scientist
Soil Conservation Service of Iceland
Jóhann Þórisson
Senior scientist
Soil Conservation Service of Iceland
Björn Helgi Barkarsson
Expert
Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources
Bryndís Marteinsdóttir
Senior Scientist
Soil Conservation Service of Iceland
Tara Mulloy
Student
Simon Fraser University and Agricultural University of Iceland
Unnsteinn Snorri Snorrason
Director
Sheep Farmers’ Association
Anja Mager
Student
Agricultural University of Iceland
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