News from the internal elements of IFSA.
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 [...]
December 2022 Yeji Lee As the head of the Publication Sub-Commission, Yeji has been excellently curating the IFSA Monthly Newsletters, creating a feedback form for its improvement, and editing articles. She has proven her leadership skills by strengthening communication between the News Factory team to ensure the smooth posting [...]
LC Project of the Month Dear LCs of all regions, attention! In November, IFSA started with a new initiative - LC Project of the Month. Have you organised an event this month that you are proud of? Let’s share it with us through submitting in the News Factory [...]
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 [...]
Forestry Speed Dating Bio-based solutions for sustainable construction Forestry Speed Dating puts innovators in contact with potential partners and end-users to speed up innovation and create new partnerships. Through a series of speed dating workshops and the facilitation of meetings with innovators, you can find inspiration and explore new solutions [...]
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 - [...]
Open Call - Development Fund December 2022 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 [...]
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. [...]
Since the beginning of the term, Theresa and the team has been proactively working on re-sending the IFSA Gender Open Letter on Gender and Forest Education to universities and IFSA LCs, which was also posted on the EFI Blog. Over the span of 3 months, the Gender SC was [...]
LC Project of November 2022 LC Project of the Month November 2022 is awarded to IFSA LC Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) from Indonesia for this recurring collaborative project I-CON. The possibility to get together to discuss and find solutions for different issues is one of the many advantages [...]
Bimonthly Report Internal Department September-October 2022 Communication Commission Accomplished Plans for the Period 1st Communication Commission Meeting On October 15th, 2022, the HoC Communication organized the first Commcomms Monthly Meeting to start getting to know each other, discuss the work plans for this term, and get familiar with the [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports September-October 2022 General maintenance of the association 1. Selection and appointment of the Officials Right after being elected by the General Assembly in early September, the new Board had over 80 applications for evaluation and selection of this term’s Officials. Many great candidates submitted their applications, [...]
Bora serves in IFSA as the Southern European Regional Representative (RR) for the second consecutive term, and he shows constant motivation and enthusiasm to fulfill his role. Recently he has managed to motivate and reactivate several LCs from his region, some of which he also personally visited this October [...]
“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, [...]
