UNFCCC COP26 Glasgow Experience Author: Nele Römer This year the United Nations Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland and IFSA had the opportunity to send a delegation of 10 persons. We want to give a small overview on COP26 importance, [...]
Cultural Day of the Philippines By: Kyle Joseph Quijano (Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission) The second "Cultural Day" for the term 2021-2022 was held last November 19, 2021, at 2 pm UTC+0 via Zoom Meetings. The country that was featured for this month was none other than the "Philippines". With [...]
Youth Networking Session at the Peatland Pavilion at UNFCCC COP26 IFSA has the privilege to organize the Youth Networking Session at the Peatland Pavilion for UNFCCC COP26 together with GPI, RE-PEAT, YEW, and IAAS! This session will be held hybrid and virtual. The events will be held on Tuesday, [...]
Cultural Day of Mexico By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission At 2 pm UTC+0 on October 15, 2021, the first-ever “Cultural Day” for the term 2021-2022 was held through IFSA's Discord Chanel. Jazmin Lopez, the current Head of Capacity Development Commission, and Ivette Estrade, the Internal Councilor [...]
How do you choose a career out of the many opportunities for young students of forest related fields? How the heck did I end up here? About this event Event date: 24 November Time: 13:15 CET Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/how-the-heck-did-i-end-up-here-tickets-186597085907 Event format: Virtual via Zoom, registration is compulsory. The intention [...]
COY16 Live UN Climate Change Conference of Youth-Live The UN Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY) is an event under the banner of YOUNGO – The Official Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The conference takes place right before the annual UN Climate [...]
Code of Conduct Committee Open Call Dear IFSA Family, During the 30th General Assembly (GA) of the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) in 2019 held in Estonia, the idea of the creation of an IFSA Code of Conduct was proposed and at the time it was realized how [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports October Board’s work between August and October 2021 Internal Department Events organised Officials Welcome Meeting (19/09 online) After most of the Officials were appointed, the first official meeting took place to get to know each other. Internal Department Meeting (2/10 online) The Internal Department had their [...]
Contact Information Host Organisation IFSA Region: Southern Europe City/Region/Country: Austria Institution: Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald (BFW) International intern accepted?: YES Intern Name: Charlotte Virgillito IFSA LC: IFSA France (Nancy) Contact: c.virgillito6@gmail.com INTERSHIP at Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald (BFW) Hi IFSA members! I’m Charlotte and I’m from Switzerland. I’m [...]
World Congress Conservation – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Nature-based Solutions and Young Professionals - Perceptions and Integration By: Joaquín Gutierrez On September 5, IFSA had the opportunity to participate as an invited panel during the World Conservation Congress. Along with other panelists from different institutions, such [...]
Elivis Omoit is currently serving as the Head of the CIFOR / YIL Sub-Commission under the Partner’s Commission. This is Elivis’ first term as an official and he has done an outstanding work in this short duration. His work in organising the delegation for GLF Amazonia is commendable. He has [...]
A Piece of Forest Education for All! By Alina Lehikoinen The EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Project on Green Jobs has been running for almost three years now and is coming to an end in early 2022. The project has borne fruit, which could be seen at the project’s IUFRO World Day session. [...]
Mushroom Hunt: A report from LC Copenhagen by Johanna Händeler and Theresa Klara Loch On the 26th of September the LC Copenhagen invited everyone to join the first event after the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of new and old faces showed up to spend a wonderful Sunday in the [...]
Interim Open Call 2022 Open Call dates: 08/10/2021 - 29/10/2021 Dear IFSA Family, Would you like to experience what being an Organising Committee is like? This is an open call to host Interim 2022! Interim is the mid-year meeting for IFSA officials. It usually lasts for a week and takes [...]
Join the Business and Biodiversity Week 2021! This event will pave the way for the Business and Biodiversity Forum 2022, an event that provides an important opportunity for business leaders to engage with governments, NGOs, and leaders from civil society on critical issues surrounding biodiversity. The event will be from [...]
