Greetings to all! This April 19, 2022 (Tuesday), the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be hosting the first day of the 2022 ECOSOC Youth Forum. In line with this, the organizing team has prepared a survey to gather input from the youth in preparation for a session [...]
IFSA Internship at the IUFRO HQ, Vienna, Austria Description: For several years, the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO), as one of IFSA’s professional partners, has been offering an internship opportunity to students from IFSA Local Committees. Each year, one student has the opportunity to work at the IUFRO [...]
Since the beginning of the term, Kyle consistently coordinates with LCs from different IFSA regions to produce Cultural Days which are monthly events where they can proudly showcase their cultures to the IFSA community. The activity has gained interest from many LCs, having 4 countries lined up in the next [...]
IFSA Officials’ Roundtable Series: Ep. 1 The Board Are you interested in being part of the IFSA Officials’ Team next term? Would you like to get more insight on being an IFSA Official? Then, join us at the very first episode of the IFSA Officials’ Roundtable Series with the IFSA [...]
Open Call for IFSA Delegates An Opportunity to be an IFSA delegate at UNCCD COP15 The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will take place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa, from 9 to 20 May 2022. [...]
Asia Pacific and Latin America Interregional Call On Mar 27, 2022, the regions of Asia Pacific and Latin America met together on a video call to get to know each other, learn about each other's culture, food, touristic locations and even some myths and legends! Thanks to the organization of [...]
Contribution to FAO-led Task Force on Best Practices We need your inputs to build tomorrow’s ecosystem restoration curricula! In the context of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the FAO-led Task Force on Best Practices is taking stock of existing bachelor, master degree and short-term certificate and non certificate programs focused on [...]
Cultural Day of Morocco By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission This month of March welcomed FSA Morocco, a relatively new Local Committee (LC) of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) through its monthly cultural day where they had the chance to showcase their country, Morocco. [...]
Winners of the International Day of Forests poster contest by IFSA announced! By Juliet Achieng and Angela Gabriela Veneros (ITTO sub-commission) International Day of Forests (IDF) is a day set by the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports February General management of the organisation Interim Between 5th-12th February, Interim took place in hybrid format in Prague, Czechia. Interim is a mid-term meeting of all IFSA’s Officials to review what has been done in the past half term, and to plan well the activities for the [...]
Spanish School 2022 ¡Hola! The International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) has always been a platform for intercultural exchange. With events in the past such as the Cultural Nights, IFSA paved the way for connecting, empowering, and educating different forestry students from different cultural backgrounds. The Spanish Language School is a [...]
This term, Steve has served IFSA as the Latin American Regional Representative. He has actively worked with the region since the very beginning and also thanks to him Latin America keeps being a very active region, informed about all IFSA’s activities and opportunities. He has been working hard throughout the [...]
Are you looking for job or internship opportunities? IFSA, in collaboration with Youth in Landscapes Initiative, is hosting the first-ever GLOBAL IFSA JOB FAIR on the 26th of March 2022 (Saturday) at 2-4PM (UTC+0)! Don't miss out on this event because Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Restor, Youth in Landscapes Initiative [...]
Latin America and Northern Europe Interregional Call On Feb 27, 2022, the regions of Latin America and Northern Europe met together on a video call to get to know each other, learn about each other's culture, forestry, food, and even forest management! Group photo Thanks to the organization [...]
Cultural Day of Costa Rica By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission For the month of February, the wonderful country of Costa Rica was featured in the monthly Cultural Day of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA). The event was held last February 18, 2022, at 2 [...]
