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Icelandic Society for the Protection of Birds

Logo: Unknown; Fuglavernd (presumed), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Icelandic non-governmental organisation

The Icelandic Society for the Protection of Birds (or the Fuglavernd) was established in 1963 and is the main amateur or non-governmental organisation in Iceland concerned with the conservation of birds and their habitats and the spreading of convervation knowledge.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Icelandic Society for the Protection of Birds (or the Fuglavernd) was established in 1963 and is the main amateur or non-governmental organisation in Iceland concerned with the conservation of birds and their habitats and the spreading of convervation knowledge.2

The story

For many years Dr Björn Guðbrandsson (1917–2006) was the society's main driving force. For its first 30 years, it was principally concerned with saving the Icelandic white-tailed eagle population from extinction, and it was thanks to the efforts of the society that it did not become extinct in the 1960s. In more recent times in addition to society has argued for banning the hunting of the rock ptarmigan and the Greenland white-fronted goose. These bans have been effected.

From Wikipedia’s article on Icelandic Society for the Protection of Birds, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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