Reports by the delegations and members that attended IFSA events.
LC Project of the Month December 2022 LC Project of the Month December 2022 is awarded to LCM LC Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile for the project below: Tree recognition plaques The motivation Forestry students are a little group in our faculty and the reason for that arrives in the [...]
IFSA Youth Action: Raising Gender Awareness in Forestry at the FSC GA 2022 IFSA Delegation Report from the FSC General Assembly The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world’s forests. In order to maintain an accountable and responsible forest [...]
Virtual Discussion: Indigenous Position in the Forestry Sector DevelopmentIn Collaboration with Forest and Society Research Group and IFSA LC ULMCan we protect the indigenous people while protecting our forest simultaneously? As an individual, it is very daydreaming to say yes on the spot spontaneously. While this question will take so [...]
UNFCCC COP 27 Egypt Experience Background of conference What is COP 27? The ‘UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’ (UNFCCC) is one of the three ”Rio Conventions” which was opened for signature at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. The ultimate objective of the Convention is to stabilise greenhouse gas [...]
Yale International Society of Tropical Foresters Conference Registration is now open for the 29th Annual Yale International Society of Tropical Foresters Conference! The 2023 conference is titled: “Envisioning the future of tropical forests: the roles of feedbacks, interconnectedness, and adaptation.” The conference will take place on February 2nd - [...]
Storytelling, Empowerment, and Allyship among FINTA* Experiences of the IFSA delegation at the Women’s Forest Congress The inaugural Women’s Forest Congress recently took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, from 17th-20th October 2022. The Congress was organised to develop strategies and solutions to emerging forestry problems through the lens of women1. [...]
“Use Wood Wisely: Field dialogue on Climate Positive Forest Products” – Event Report Location: Finland Delegate: Damya Srivastava Date: 12-15 September 2022 Organiser: The Forests Dialogue Summary We started with an introductory presentation on the 11th of September with more than 30 scientists, architects, lawyers, strategists, students, [...]
IFSA Delegates for UNA Canada Environment Festival, Ms. Apsana Kafle and Ms. Paulina Vázquez Quintana IFSA celebrates Environment Festival with United Nations Associations(UNA) in Canada IFSA North America joins hands with UNA Canada to inspire collective action for environmental sustainability. The One Earth – One Choice Environment [...]
With the motive of giving practical insights into the forestry field to forestry undergraduates, a workshop and field training entitled "Interactive session and workshop on Forest Inventory and Data Collection" was conducted at the Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, dated from 11th June to 14th June 2022. The program was [...]
Cultural Day of India By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission The final Cultural Day for this term was held last July 31, 2022, at 1 pm UTC+0, where members of the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) from all over the world gathered and learned about the beautiful [...]
Interregional Call: NA Meets SA Meets NE On June 26, 2022, the regions of Northern Africa, Southern Africa, and Northern Europe met together on a video call to get to know each other, learn about each other's culture, food and drinks, and forestry! Thanks to the organization of the Regional [...]
Cultural Day of Türkiye By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission Last July 03, 2022, at 2 pm UTC+0, members of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) worldwide were able to attend the Eighth Cultural Day event for this term where the beautiful country of Türkiye was [...]
Cultural Day of Poland By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission For the month of May, the seventh installment of the Monthly Cultural Day event here in the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) has occurred. The beautiful country of Poland was the center of much attention. Last [...]
Internal Department Meeting Report April 2022 Internal Department Meeting IFSA once again held its one of many hybrid meetings—this time, it’s the Internal Department Meeting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from the 20th to the 24th of April 2022 which was organized by our friends from Indonesia, LC IPB and LC [...]
IFSA met AFoCO Executive Director at the XV World Forestry Congress in Korea Building the ground for future collaboration by Yeji Lee May 5, 2022 - At the XV World Forestry Congress, there was a meeting where IFSA WFC delegates and the AFoCO team could meet and learn about [...]
