News from IFSA’s local committees around the globe!
LC Project of April 2024 Name of Project: Forestry Games Local Committee: IFSA LC Belgrade, Serbia The annual all-round event of “Forestry Games” was held by LC Belgrade, Serbia, on Monday, April 15th 2024. This lively competition brought together students from the Faculty of Forestry, the Faculty of Sports and [...]
LC Project of March 2024 Name of Project: Seedlings Care Activity Local Committee: IFSA FAMU, Uganda The Local Committee (LC) of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) at Makerere University (FAMU) once again demonstrated its unwavering commitment to forest conservation and biodiversity protection through its recent Seedling Care [...]
LC Project of February 2024 Name of Project: Plastic Free Palung Local Committee: IFSA Hetauda, Nepal Hetauda, Nepal – The students of the Faculty of Forestry at the Agriculture and Forestry University, under the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA Hetauda), organized a three-day "Plastic Free Palung" campaign from [...]
LC Project of December 2023 Name of Project: Balkan Meeting Local Committee: IFSA SKOPS-LC This year’s Balkan Meeting was organized in Bulgaria by IFSA SKOPS-LC and took its place from October 31st-November 4th 2023. During these four days, all participants had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Training [...]
IFSA-Hetauda Local Congress 2024 Report INTRODUCTION Local Congress is an annual event organized by IFSA-Hetauda. It is one of the flagship events of IFSA-Hetauda. This year IFSA-Hetauda organized 2nd Local Congress with the title “Local Congress 2024” with the theme “Greening Our Future: Local Action, Global Impact”. Local Congress 2024 [...]
June 5, celebrated as World Environment Day established by the United Nations in 1972, it is the largest international environmental event with millions of people participating worldwide. It has evolved into a prominent global platform for promoting environmental awareness. It was set up to pay homage to what is considered [...]
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 [...]
INTRODUCTION Pollution refers to the introduction of harmful or poisonous substances into the environment, which can cause damage to living organisms and ecosystems, leading to health problems, environmental degradation, and loss of biodiversity. Similarly, Plastic pollution has become a critical environmental issue worldwide. It refers to the accumulation of plastic [...]
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 [...]
LC Project of the Month - November 2023 Global Sight 2.0 by IFSA LC UGM The Global Sight (G-Sight) 2.0 is a series of projects organized by each commission in IFSA LC UGM focused on raising public awareness regarding wildlife conservation with the theme "Conservation: Efforts to [...]
IFSA CAMPAIGN (SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT CAMPAIGN) IFSA Campaign is an annual IFSA-LC IPB activity in Village Concept Project (VCP) Commission, focusing on forestry and environmental awareness among the general public and students. This year's campaign revolves around the theme of Sustainable Waste Management. The initiative addresses the pressing issue [...]
Open Call - Development Fund November 2023 What is the Development Fund? The development fund is a part of the IFSA budget that is used to support IFSA members to engage in IFSA Activities. The lack of financial resources is one of the major factors that limit the involvement [...]
Waldis Exchange in Switzerland, 2023 From Friday, September 15th to Sunday, September 17th, the Waldis Exchange took place in Switzerland between the LCs Zurich, Freiburg, and Vienna. After the event was organized by LC Freiburg in Germany last year, LC Zurich took charge of the organizing committee this year. Upon [...]
Report on IFSA Tree Clubs Stewardship on World Clean Up Day World Clean-Up Day, a global initiative, witnessed the active involvement of the IFSA-TREE CLUB at the prestigious University of Ibadan on 16th of September, 2023. Our recent endeavor involved the meticulous organization of a clean-up event in the [...]
Open Call - Development Fund September 2023 What is the Development Fund? The development fund is a part of the IFSA budget that is used to support IFSA members to engage in IFSA Activities. The lack of financial resources is one of the major factors that limit the involvement in [...]
