it has been estimated that more than of icelands vegetation cover has disappeared due to erosion since the settlement period systematic revegetation and land reclamation began more than century ago with the establishment ofthe soil conservation service of iceland over the last decades there have been numerous reforestation projects the area covered by forests in the target countries is also large while in iceland the area covered by forest is of the land area the respective share is more than in estonia and latvia about in lithuania in poland and in ukraine world bank