There are too many reindeer in Suðursveit and they have caused damage to vegetation.

There are indications that the reindeer population has increased too much in Suðursveit and a farmer says they are destroying natural birch forests and overgrazing mountain vegetation. Farmers are noting a decreasing number of lambs and blame it on overgrazing by reindeer. Reindeer are staying in an area in East Iceland that is bordered by two glacial rivers. Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north and Jökulsá á Breiðamerkursandur in the south. In Southe…