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Jón Geir Pétursson - Professor
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Jón Geir Pétursson
Íslenska
Professor
Environment and Natural Resources. Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics and Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Phone
5255286
Email
jgp [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Website
https://www.hi.is/staff/jgp
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By appointment
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4337-8703
Research portal – Jón Geir Pétursson
 
 
Courses 2024 - 2025
UAU201F - Environmental Governance
UAU246F - Orientation for ENR students
UAU260M - Marine Protected Areas
UAU109F - Management of Protected Areas - Field course in Southeast Iceland
UAU114F - Internship in Environment and Natural Resources
UAU115F - Orientation for ENR students
UAU018M - The Arctic Circle
UAU130F - Climate Writing: How to Change Minds and Policies
Education
2011
,
Ph.D.
,
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
,
Environment and Development Studies
2005
,
Masters courses
,
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
,
Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture (MNRSA)
1995
,
MS
,
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
,
forestry
1991
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
biology
Professional Experience
2022 -
,
Professor (full),
University of Iceland
2020 -
2022,
Associate Professor,
University of Iceland
2012 -
2020,
Director General,
Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
2014 -
2018,
Assistant/Associate Professor (part time),
University of Iceland
2008 -
2012,
Head of Division,
Ministry for the Environment. Department for Policy and International Affairs
2006 -
2011,
Phd Fellow (part time),
Noragric. Norwegian University of Life Sciences
1995 -
2008,
Senior Advisor,
Icelandic Forestry Association
1991 -
1993,
Advisor,
Icelandic Forestry Association
Published works
2024
Technical Efficiency of the Nile Perch Fishing Fleet on Lake Victoria
Fishes
2023
Protected area governance challenges in the Arctic and Hindu Kush Himalaya
Current Developments in Arctic Law
Nýræktun skóga með beingum sáningum trjáfræs
Skógræktarritið
Evaluating economic impacts of protected areas in contexts with limited data; the case of three national parks in Iceland
Journal of Environmental Management
Inngangur - hvert stefnir Afríka?
Stórir menn við stjórnvölinn
Samstarf um sjálfbæra þróun í Afríku: GRÓ-skólar og viðfangsefni þeirra á sviði jarðhita, sjávarútvegs, landgræðslu og jafnréttis
Afríka sunnan Sahara - í brennidepli II
From Co-Operation to Coercion in Fisheries Management
Fishes
2022
Diversity in Protected Area Governance and Its Implications for Management
Land
Adaptation Strategies to a Changing Resource Base
Sustainability (Switzerland)
2021
Agency, inequality, and additionality
Journal of Peasant Studies
Co-management of protected areas
Land
Small-scale fishing
Development Southern Africa
Is co-management still feasible to advance the sustainability of small-scale african inland fisheries? Assessing stakeholders’ perspectives in Zambia
Sustainability (Switzerland)
Fisheries management on Lake Victoria at a crossroads
Fisheries Management and Ecology
2020
Governance assessment of small-scale inland fishing
Natural Resources Forum
2018
Lost in the woods?
Reform of the Icelandic Soil Conservation Law
Lost in the woods?
2017
Optical spectra of fish flesh and quality defects in fish
Old wine, new bottles? Investigating the differential adoption of ‘climate-smart’ agricultural practices in western Kenya
Journal of Rural Studies
Rhetoric and reality in protected area governance
Ecological Economics
2016
Analyzing the transformations of forest PES in Vietnam
Forest Policy and Economics
The Protected Area Estate in Iceland: Taking stock and looking ahead.
Parks
Developing iceland’s protected areas
Parks
The Political Economy of Conservation at Mount Elgon, Uganda
Conservation and Society
2015
Accounting for the utilisation of geothermal energy resources within the genuine progress indicator - A methodological review
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
The "nine lives" of protected areas. A historical-institutional analysis from the transboundary Mt Elgon, Uganda and Kenya
Land Use Policy
2013
Going transboundary? an institutional analysis of transboundary protected area management challenges at Mt Elgon, East Africa
Ecology and Society
An institutional analysis of deforestation processes in protected areas
Forest Policy and Economics
2011
Transboundary biodiversity management
Society and Natural Resources
2010
Atlantic region
2009
Introduction
2008
Effects of Afforestation on Rural Development.
2007
Gull og grænir skógar : náttúruauðlindir og nýting þeirra
2006
Atlantic Forest Recreation and Nature-based Tourism Management and Planning Practices. A study in Denmark, Flanders, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
Náttúruauðlindir og nýting þeirra.
2004
Direct seeding of boreal conifers on freely drained andosols in Southern Iceland.
Icelandic Agricultural Sciences
1996
Vorhugur, skógræktardagbók
1994
Characterization of defects in Li-diffused n-type GaAs
Materials Science Forum
1993
Radiative recombination in n-type and p-type GaAs compensated with Li
Journal of Applied Physics
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