Reports by the delegations and members that attended IFSA events.
News Letter IFSA at the FSC General Assembly 2025 in Panama The International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) proudly delegates Muhammad Pasha Assalafi from IFSA LC UGM, Indonesia and Jaime Iarin Victorian Ascencio from IFSA LC Chaupea, Mexico as their delegates to formally participate in the 10th Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) [...]
Memorandum of Understanding Renewal Between IFSA and RECOFTC: Continued Journey! On 4 November 2025, the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) and RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests – held a ceremonial signing at Shangri-La Chiang Mai, Thailand, officially renewing their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the 2025–2030 term. [...]
Forest Europe 9th Ministerial Conference Youth delegation experience Introduction The 9th Ministerial Conference is the highest event of a German four-year chairmanship of the FOREST EUROPE process. During the event representatives of signatory countries and observer organizations, following the process workstreams, discussed Sustainable Forest management, resilience, and youth inclusion. The [...]
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) RENEWAL BETWEEN CIFOR-ICRAF AND IFSA REPORT Figure 1. CIFOR-ICRAF and IFSA MoU Renewal Ceremony in CIFOR-ICRAF Headquarters, Bogor, Indonesia (Source: CIFOR-ICRAF Documentation) BOGOR, Indonesia — The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) have renewed [...]
Interim Meeting 2024 Report The Interim meeting is an annual hybrid meeting where IFSA Officials convene in person to evaluate their performance during the first half of the term and discuss the issues and solutions to improve the association’s operations. This year, it took place in Bern Switzerland from [...]
The Report of the Major Group Led Initiative in Support of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) UN office Nairobi, March 4 to 6, 2024 Introduction The Major Group Led Initiative, a pivotal gathering under the UNFF umbrella, brings together representatives from various major groups including women, farmers [...]
FOREST EUROPE Expert Level Meeting 9-10 January, 2024, Bonn, Germany Summary of the event The Expert Level Meeting is the second most important event in the process of FOREST EUROPE after the Ministerial Conference. This event is dedicated to the negotiations on the ministerial documents that will be signed at [...]
IFSA Delegation at The Forests Dialogue Bioenergy from Forest Scoping Dialogue Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Delegates: Karen Gómez García Date: February 27, 2024 Organiser: The Forests Dialogue Summary Bioenergy from forests (BEF) is the energy produced by the combustion of wood, wood waste, or biofuels [...]
International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) Local Committee ANU Delegation at the World Food Forum’s (WFF) Flagship Event 2023 Authored by Arifah Hidayati
IFSA TREECLUB UI, Academic Trip in the Federal University of Technology of Akure, Akure. Forty-two practical year students, accompanied by the departmental coordinator for the practical year students, Dr. P. O. Ige and Mr. Fatoba, embarked on an enlightening visit to four sections in the Federal University of Technology Akure: [...]
Canadian-American Regional Meeting 2024 in Québec City (Canada) What is the Canadian-American Regional Meeting? Canadian-American Regional Meeting (CARM) is THE IFSA event in Northern America. People can attend or host CARM if they are in a northern american local committee (LC), or if they are planning on creating [...]
LC Pokhara report: World Wetlands Day, 2024 Clean-up and Walkathon Introduction and Background: World Wetlands Day, observed annually on February 2nd since 1997, emphasises the positive impact of wetlands on the environment. This occasion fosters a collective commitment to preserving these vital ecosystems that contribute significantly to sustaining life on [...]
IFSA's UNFCCC COP 28 UAE Experience Background of COP The United Nations Conference on Climate Change serves as the world's most extensive annual gathering dedicated to addressing climate-related challenges. The 28th session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties took Place in Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates [...]
Sustainable Sikles Project: Nurturing Climate Consciousness in Sikles IFSA Pokhara and CliMates Nepal Author: Pragya Marasini, Editor, IFSA Pokhara In a transformative two-day event, the Sustainable Sikles project, a joint effort by IFSA Pokhara and Climates Nepal, recently concluded, leaving a lasting impact on the community of Mardi Municipality Ward [...]
IFSA Interviews FOREST EUROPE HLPD Interview 1 Interviewer: Volodymyr Kravets Interviewee: Fanny-Pomme Langue Volodymyr: Today we interviewed Fanny-Pomme Langue. Please let us know from which organization you are and what it does. Fanny-Pomme: Thank you for the opportunity to be interviewed. I am a Secretary General of CEPF (Confederation [...]
