This 8 March, IFSA is excited to announce a second season of Webinar Series on Gender and Forestry 📣 After working on gender and forest education for over two years, publishing the IFSA Open Letter on Gender and Forest Education, raising awareness within and outside of IFSA, and connecting with [...]
Open call - HoSC UNFCCC (Closed) Dear IFSA Family, Would you like to become involved with what happens in IFSA? A new opportunity is here. The official position for the Head of the UNFCCC Sub-Commission is open for the term 2022/2023! We are in search of an enthusiastic and [...]
Open call - HoSC European Forest Institute(Closed) Dear IFSA World, Would you like to become involved with what happens in IFSA? A new opportunity is here. The official position for the Head of the European Forest Institute (EFI) Sub-Commission is open for the term 2022/2023! We are in search [...]
Storytelling, Empowerment, and Allyship among FINTA* Experiences of the IFSA delegation at the Women’s Forest Congress The inaugural Women’s Forest Congress recently took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from 17th-20th October 2022. The Congress was organised to develop strategies and solutions to emerging forestry problems through the lens of women1. [...]
“Forestry is a field for everyone I belong to forestry equally as a woman.” IFSA delegate opinion at Women's Forest Congress I was dragging my little suitcase and sore body after a very long day of travel into the Intercontinental hotel in Minneapolis. Suddenly, “Giggles, laughter, and chit-chats” chimed over [...]
Dear LCs of all regions, attention! IFSA starts with a new initiative - LC Project of the Month. Have you organised an event this month that you are proud of? Let’s share it with us through submitting in the News Factory form, sub-section “LC Project News (also LC Project of [...]
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with 15 members of the youth and young professional delegation attending the XV World Forestry Congress (WFC) in Seoul to share his support for their action in the forestry sector (CREDIT: FAO flickr) Young people should bring their ideas to governance forums and [...]
Everyone has a role to play in reducing environmental impacts: from the private sector to governments, international organizations, and even individual consumers, our choices can help propel the transition to more sustainable systems. Share your voice to help shape the future of sustainable development in your region! This survey will [...]
Dear IFSA World, The development fund is a part of the IFSA budget that is used to support IFSA members to engage in IFSA Activities. The lack of financial resources is one of the major factors that limit the involvement in IFSA and its project, this is especially true [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports September-October 2022 General maintenance of the association 1. Selection and appointment of the Officials Right after being elected by the General Assembly in early September, the new Board had over 80 applications for evaluation and selection of this term’s Officials. Many great candidates submitted their applications, [...]
Register and participate in the workshop Introduction to social research methods and their application in forestry organized by the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education (JTF), Reforestamos México, WRI and Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Ameid at forestry professionals or related areas. The workshop's objective is to provide basic information [...]
Bora serves in IFSA as the Southern European Regional Representative (RR) for the second consecutive term, and he shows constant motivation and enthusiasm to fulfill his role. Recently he has managed to motivate and reactivate several LCs from his region, some of which he also personally visited this October [...]
IFSS 2018 in Mexico IFSA’s role in my career path: Kristjan Sepp Widening horizon with an international experience and networking My name is Kristjan Sepp, and I am an alumnus of IFSA. I studied Forest management in 2013 at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. In 2015, I [...]
October 2022 SCIENCE-BASED CHOICES FOR CLIMATE ACTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE IPCC 6TH ASSESSMENT REPORT SAVE THE DATES: OCTOBER 24 – 26, 2022 All are invited to attend Science-Based Choices for Climate Action, Insights from the IPCC 6th Assessment Report, an in-person and live-streamed symposium hosted by Dickinson College in [...]
IFSA’s FAO-World Food Forum sub-commission is pleased to announce that the application for the WFF Flagship event 2022 is open with limited slots for delegates to attend the event. This WFF 2022 shall be a hybrid event with an in-person presence at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The virtual event [...]
