Understandings of wilderness: Implications for wilderness identification and management in Iceland

• Main Author: Jauch, Angela Margerita, 1992-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Umhverfis- og auðlindafræði; Óbyggðir; Umhverfisvernd; Svæði; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/35064

The current Icelandic Nature Conservation Act includes a definition of wilderness, a definition of a wilderness protected area and specifications about the criteria that areas need to fulfil to be suitable for protection as wilderness in Iceland. To date, there is limited research on how these defin...