Southern Europe Elections & Regional Awards Online Southern European Regional Meeting took place between 6-9 May with an amazing program thanks to great efforts of the Organizing Committee from LC Thessaloniki, Greece. During the 4-day program, there were panel discussions organized with the topic of the meeting “Recovery through Biodiversity” [...]
ThinkForest Webinar: Role of Science in Supporting Policymaking: A Post COVID World This ThinkForest webinar will take place on May 20th, 2021 at 9:30 am UTC+2. ThinkForest is a high-level science-policy forum that brings together policymakers, the scientific community, and stakeholders to build bridges on pan-European forest and bioeconomy [...]
Global Forest Resources Assessments To tackle climate change and deforestation, people need transparent and accurate information on the world's forests. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released an open data platform containing a wealth of information on forest resources in all six official UN languages. Launched in English in [...]
The IFSA Southern African Region taking part in the FOREST21 project, which involves five universities in South Africa, two from Finland, and one from Norway. Southern Africa Forestry has initiated a project that is a collaboration between South Africa, Norway, and Finland and focuses on building capacity in forestry higher [...]
UN Environment’s Science Division Remote Internships UNEP’s Science Division is seeking multiple interns to work remotely under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to which they are assigned. Daily responsibilities will depend on the individual’s background; the office to which the intern is assigned; [...]
Are you a young talent in the field of peatlands, mangroves, or aquatic & wetland ecosystem restoration? Work with FAO and apply your knowledge while developing your skills in an international context. FAO internship programme is now open! French, Bahasa Indonesia or Spanish native speakers are especially encouraged to [...]
Call for EFUF Semester 2021 For all Urban Forestry enthusiasts, there are some exciting online events going on in the scope of the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) Semester 2021. You can check them out here or download the app "myEFUF" from your app/play store. There you will find [...]
People’s voices from the forest - Reflection on public measures mitigating negative effects of the Covid19 pandemic on the forest sector In this side event, representatives of the MG Women, MG Indigenous Peoples, MG Workers, and Trade Union, and a Governmental official will give input presentations on national, regional, [...]
Taking Stock of Global Capacity for Ecosystem Restoration : The deadline to complete the survey has been extended to 30 April! To prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2021-2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. When the strategy guiding this UN [...]
Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement: the second edition of the massive online open courses 50 IFSA students have the opportunity to join the second edition of the Massive online open courses (MOOC) - Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement, from 24 May to 11 June 2021. [...]
ELearning course - Forests and transparency under the Paris Agreement The objective of this course is to learn about the Enhanced Transparency Framework (EFT) under the Paris Agreement. It will be useful to those wishing to understand the importance of forest-related data collection, analysis, and dissemination in meeting the Enhanced [...]
Boosting transparency of forest data Recently FAO hold the webinar “Forest data for climate action: the importance of legal and institutional frameworks” Forests, and forest monitoring, in particular, are critical to ensuring that countries stay on target with emission reduction goals within the framework of the Paris Agreement. A robust [...]
Forest Education Video Campaign The Global Forest Education Project seeks students, teachers, professors, and school administrators to help us promote its work on social media by doing the following: Using a phone or other video recording equipment, take a short video (less than 30 seconds) of yourself. Start with [...]
Virtual Conference: Urban Forestry Days The European Forest Institute (EFI), the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), and the Horizon 2020 CLEARING HOUSE project invite you to two days of integrated activities on urban forestry (March 23-24 2021). This online event is targeted at advanced practitioners, established researchers, sector leading [...]
Invitation to attend the Youth Environment Assembly Global Youth Environment Assembly is the official youth forum toward the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and UN Environment Assembly (UNEA). The first YEA of 2021 will take place on 12, 13 and 18, 19, 20 February in lead the up to UNEA [...]
