Reports by the delegations and members that attended IFSA events.
Germany Meeting Göttingen 2021 In October 2021, the German LCs held their annual IFSA Germany Meeting which was the first IFSA in-person meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic! For four days, 22 participants from five German LCs and LCs from Denmark, Serbia and Estonia met in Göttingen [...]
Cultural Day of Mexico By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission At 2 pm UTC+0 on October 15, 2021, the first-ever “Cultural Day” for the term 2021-2022 was held through IFSA's Discord Chanel. Jazmin Lopez, the current Head of Capacity Development Commission, and Ivette Estrade, the Internal Councilor [...]
World Congress Conservation – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Nature-based Solutions and Young Professionals - Perceptions and Integration By: Joaquín Gutierrez On September 5, IFSA had the opportunity to participate as an invited panel during the World Conservation Congress. Along with other panelists from different institutions, such [...]
A Piece of Forest Education for All! By Alina Lehikoinen The EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Project on Green Jobs has been running for almost three years now and is coming to an end in early 2022. The project has borne fruit, which could be seen at the project’s IUFRO World Day session. [...]
Report on the North African Regional Meeting (NARM) 2021 Online North African Regional Meeting took place between 16th – 18th July with an amazing program thanks to the combined efforts of the Organizing Committee from LC Kwame Nkrumah University of science and technology, Ghana and the Regional Representatives; Ebunoluwa Emmanuel [...]
Title: Capacity Building Workshop, Applying for Opportunities Time & Date: June 12 and 19, 2021 via Zoom Platform Participants: IFSA members and officials Agenda: Session 1: Lisa Prior Session 2: Fola Babalola, Janice Burns IFSA has been a cornerstone of giving forestry students all over the world access [...]
During June 1-5 2021, IFSA delegates participated in Forest Harvest: Community-Based Non-Timber Forest Product Enterprises (CBNE) Forum. This event highlighted the importance of different aspects of forestry including the forest itself, the contributors to the health of the forest and the benefits that we obtain from the forests. There [...]
Our experiences as Online IFSA Delegates at the Forestry in Women's Hands 2021 On 9 April 2021, 29 students from 17 countries met online to attend a Pre-Conference Day in view of the Forests in Women’s Hands Conference 2021. Following this first exchange, they attended the FiWH conference and [...]
Gun Lidestav on (Un)Doing Gender at Forests in Women’s Hands 2021 Gun Lidestav was the keynote speaker at the Forests in Women’s Hands Conference 2021 and argued that change will not come fast and easy. In her keynote “(Un)Doing Gender in and through forestry networks - processes of inclusion and [...]
Forests in Women’s Hands 2021: The Past, Present and Future of Gender Matters in Forestry During the first international conference addressing gender equality in the forestry sector, more than 460 participants were able to share their experiences, projects and ideas on gender roles and gender equality and discuss possible measures. [...]
FiWH Pre-Conference Day: Opening our Eyes to Gender Bias On 9 April 2021, 29 students and young professionals from 17 countries joined the first Online IFSA Delegation since the outbreak of COVID-19 in view of the Forests in Women’s Hands Conference and participated in a Pre-Conference Day organised by [...]
IFSA Webinar Series on Gender & Forestry: Starting the Conversation In an age where we are faced with gender inequality that is characterised by uneven access to education, lack of employment equality, job segregation, poor medical care and gender bias, IFSA has developed a webinar series on gender & forestry [...]
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” [...]
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, [...]
Webinar LATAM Last January 27th and 28th, the Latin America region organized a webinar called "Perspectives of forestry sector for 2021 in Latin America" where each Local Committee invited a professional of the sector to give their point of view. As Regional Representatives, Jazmín López and Yamile Sánchez, are [...]
