Reports by the delegations and members that attended IFSA events.
From November 28th to November 30th back-to-back conferences on sustainable finance took place in Luxembourg, the UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Europe on November 28th and 29th, and the Global Landscapes Forum 4th annual Investment Case Symposium on the 30th. Additionally, the GLF organized a youth workshop on sustainable finance on [...]
Private sector contribution as key stakeholder to support Global Green Supply Chains network. Photo: CTWDPA The international forum, “Together towards Global Green Supply Chains - a Forest Products Industry Initiative”, took place in Shanghai on 22-23 October 2019. The event was organized by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) in [...]
[Shanghai, 21.10.2019] The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) invited a students’ delegation of the International Forestry Students‘ Association (IFSA) to Shanghai, where a 4-days International Forum is being held to promote the concept of green supply chains. The forum is a response to recent research showing that the gap between [...]
Hey! I'm Fergus Price (Left) and recently I got the opportunity to attend the European Forestry Institute (EFI) annual conference and scientific seminar in Aberdeen on the 18th and 19th of September. I attended alongside the Liaison Officer (LO) for EFI Ján Matúš Urbančík (Right). The European Forestry Institute [...]
[Curitiba, 28.09.19] Over 40 international students are gathered today in the lead-up to the World Congress of the International Union for Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Brazil, to learn about forest entrepreneurship and scientific writing. The workshop is part of IFSA’s extensive engagement in forest education and its key role [...]
[New York, 21.09.2019] Today, the first-ever Youth Climate Action Summit is taking place at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York. More than 500 students and young professionals gathered on this day to discuss the way forward. The summit, which convenes world-leading experts, key figures of the United Nations and [...]
As the world’s largest students’ network of forestry and related sciences, the International Forestry Students’ Association seeks to pursue sustainable and healthy environments globally, hence reflected in its vision- a world that appreciates forests. We are cognisant of the fact that all inhabitants of Earth deserve to live on a [...]
The Major Group children and youth and IFSA are happy to have brought together a great group of 11 individuals to attend and report form UNNF14, taking place 6th - 10th of May 2019 in New York City If you would like to follow what is happening here in NYC, [...]
