News from the internal elements of IFSA.
Open call for Cultural Day's Presenter Share with us about your country! The International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) is opening an opportunity for all IFSA LC members to present their amazing country and forest on Cultural Day. Cultural Day is a monthly event held by the Head of Cultural [...]
Italy’s Cultural Day The Culture of The Mediterranean’s Pearl Introduction Italy’s Cultural Day was held on 15 January 2023 (UTC+0; 3-5 PM) at the Zoom Meeting which was presented by Salvatore Ruiu (AUSF Nuoro), Chiara Zabeo (AUSF Viterbo), Mameli Mara (AUSF Nuoro), Giosuè Colarelli (AUSF Molise), Silvia Bonsembiante (AUSF [...]
Nigeria’s Cultural Day The Culture of The Lion of Africa Introduction Nigeria's Cultural Day was held on 9 January 2023 (UTC+0; 3-5 PM) at the Zoom Meeting which was presented by Adeleke Oluwatosin (IFSA LC OAUSTECH), Adewemimo Tolulope Stephen (IFSA LC FOWISA), Joshua Oluwafunminiyi (IFSA LC FUTA), Dr. Kayode [...]
Open Call for Delegation for the UN Water Conference Be a part of IFSA's journey at UN Headquarters, New York City. The UN 2023 Water Conference – known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation [...]
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 [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports November-December 2022 General maintenance of the association 1. Interim In November, the Board confirmed LC UNHAS in Indonesia as the host LC for our Interim meeting in February 2023. Since then, the OC from Indonesia and the Board have been working together on the registration form, [...]
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. [...]
