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, [...]
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 [...]
An Online Discussion: Do the Young Generation Still Want to be a Farmer? In Collaboration with Forest and Society Research Group Forest and Society is an international journal managed by the Forestry Faculty of Universitas Hasanuddin led by Prof. Dr. forest Alif K. Sahide. S.Hut., M.Si. On 22 September [...]
Apsana Kafle Apsana currently serves in IFSA as one of the Representatives for the Northern American region. Since she was preselected, she has shown an incredible amount of force and commitment to her new role. Besides working on reactivating the current LCs in the region and getting in contact with [...]
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 [...]
