Contact Information Host Organisation IFSA Region: Southern Europe City/Region/Country: Ljubljana, Slovenia Institution: Slovenian Forestry Institute Supervisor: Tine Grebenc (tine.grebenc@gozdis.si) International intern accepted?: YES Intern Name: Šimon Hrbek IFSA LC: LC AUSF Padova (Italy) Contact: hrbek.s@seznam.cz and Facebook Soil sampling (author: Aleksander Marinšek) INTERNSHIP: Slovenian Forestry [...]
A long-time IFSA collaborator, The Forests Dialogue (TFD) based out of Yale University, is looking to connect with students who study mass timber building materials or climate-positive forest products more broadly. Read a brief description of the new TFD initiative below and reach out to [stella] and Luca [luca.guadagno@theforestsdialogue.org] with [...]
On 19 March 2021 at 12:00-16:15 UTC, EFI, the recently-merged Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF), and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, in collaboration with the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) and the Sustainable Markets Initiative Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (SMI CBA), will host the world's first conference [...]
Letter to the IFSA Members Dear IFSA members, The Discord Task Force is happy to invite you all to join the brand-new IFSA Discord server! What is Discord? Discord is a communication platform used to create online communities, due to its practicality and accessibility on your phone, computer, the [...]
When the market gives back (by ITTO) A video produced by ITTO and Guatemala’s National Forest Institute (INAB) shows how communities are developing forest-based businesses with green supply chains, including an enterprise making wood-based kitchenware and another creating novelty items using pine needles. The two ventures [...]
IUFRO News Vol. 50, Issue 1, January 2021 Read an in-depth interview about landscape ecology, learn about SPDC forest landscape restoration trainings, find reports from recent webinars and meetings, get to know activities of IUFRO Members, and more… https://www.iufro.org/news/article/2021/01/27/iufro-news-vol-50-issue-1-january-2021/
IUFRO SPOTLIGHT #86 ANALYZING THE COMPLICATED FOREST-WATER RELATIONSHIP The Task Force Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment examines interactions and feedbacks of forests and water in a broad context. It will evaluate the interaction between science and related policy responses concerning the decline of water values in some forest [...]
Forests in Women's Hands At the conference forest owners, practitioners, decision makers, and academics will address questions such as: Why and for whom is gender equality important? What enables or prevents gender equality from being achieved in society and organizations? What determines if interventions contribute to achieving goals? The [...]
Open Call for UNEP Internships The Global Peatlands Initiative has announced two exciting new opportunities for home-based internship positions with UNEP. The duration of the two internships is for a period of three to six months. Although these positions are unpaid, they offer an incredible chance for recent post-graduates [...]
Open Call for Water and Climate Impact Programme Dear Peatlands Enthusiasts, please have a look at this incredible funding opportunity put together by IUCN. The goal of the Water for Climate Impact Programme is to increase investment in peatland protection, management and restoration. Those interested will need to demonstrate [...]
Gasy Forestry Students’ Association (GFSA) Foundation of the association For the students of ESSA-Forest, the only study produces forest engineers in Madagascar, there is a lack of exchange and development in the field outside of studies. As far as the labour market is concerned, it is obvious that there [...]
Yamile Sánchez and Jazmín Lopez are currently serving as the Latin America Regional Representatives. Both of them have shown their high motivation from the beginning of this IFSA term. Over the months, several projects they planned have been implemented: Happy Hour for enhancing a closer regional relationship, and IFSA Mate [...]
Progress amidst Pandemic: A snapshot of the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education in 2020 by Alex Onatunji and Juliet Achieng The first Global Outlook on Forest Education published at Freiburg, Germany in September 2017 summarised that “Competency needs from working life were compared to forest education curriculum [...]
"Forest perspectives 2021" desk calendar 12 unique photos showing different forest perspectives photos made by IFSA members or Alumni. Get your calendar for 2021 now! The progress bar below shows the percentage of stock already sold. Size/type: DIN A5 desk calendar Get your calendar [...]
Šimon is currently the Southern Europe Regional Representative and, although he has held the position for a short period of time, he has demonstrated his enthusiastic, positive and proactive attitude and his enthusiasm for expanding IFSA's reach. Simon has been actively working with his region since day one and he [...]
