News from the internal elements of IFSA.
Esha Mitra, currently serving her first term as the Head of UNCCD Sub-Commission has shown exemplary work towards organising the delegation for UNCCD COP 15. She has shown constant dedication and hard work in her role as the HoSC. The Board would like to award her contribution and commitment with [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports April Internal Department Events organised Internal Department Meeting (20-24th April, Indonesia) IFSA once again held its one of many hybrid meetings - this time, it’s the Internal Department Meeting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from the 20th to the 24th of April 2022 which was organized by our friends [...]
Cultural Day of the Republic of Korea By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission The month of April was met with an event that showcased the Republic of Korea being featured in the monthly Cultural Day of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA). Last April 24, 2022, [...]
After 3.5 years, what do we know about forest related employment and green jobs in the forest sector? By Alex Bimbo Onatunji What has been happening in the Joint EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Global Student Networking and Green Jobs in the forest sector (the project) since its inception? "It is an exciting time [...]
IFSA Local Committee Data Collection Hello IFSA family! The Membership Department needs YOUR help to gather information about our Local Committees Although IFSA has been around for over 30 years, the actual statistics of our member distribution still remains a mystery 🤔. And as the IFSA family grows larger [...]
Since the beginning of the term, Kyle consistently coordinates with LCs from different IFSA regions to produce Cultural Days which are monthly events where they can proudly showcase their cultures to the IFSA community. The activity has gained interest from many LCs, having 4 countries lined up in the next [...]
The department of Forest and Wood Science, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, hosted a ‘First Year Braai’ for Forest and Wood Science freshman students. As a tradition, SFSA hosts a "First Year Braai" for freshman students with the support from the department. It was held at the Paul Sauer [...]
Asia Pacific and Latin America Interregional Call On Mar 27, 2022, the regions of Asia Pacific and Latin America met together on a video call to get to know each other, learn about each other's culture, food, touristic locations and even some myths and legends! Thanks to the organization of [...]
Cultural Day of Morocco By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission This month of March welcomed FSA Morocco, a relatively new Local Committee (LC) of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) through its monthly cultural day where they had the chance to showcase their country, Morocco. [...]
Winners of the International Day of Forests poster contest by IFSA announced! By Juliet Achieng and Angela Gabriela Veneros (ITTO sub-commission) International Day of Forests (IDF) is a day set by the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports February General management of the organisation Interim Between 5th-12th February, Interim took place in hybrid format in Prague, Czechia. Interim is a mid-term meeting of all IFSA’s Officials to review what has been done in the past half term, and to plan well the activities for the [...]
External Department Report In the first half of the term, all of the Heads of Sub-Commissions in the External Department were focused on establishing communication with focal points. Officials have faced a lot of difficulties in this regard, and establishing stable communication with partner organisations and processes is [...]
This term, Steve has served IFSA as the Latin American Regional Representative. He has actively worked with the region since the very beginning and also thanks to him Latin America keeps being a very active region, informed about all IFSA’s activities and opportunities. He has been working hard throughout the [...]
Latin America and Northern Europe Interregional Call On Feb 27, 2022, the regions of Latin America and Northern Europe met together on a video call to get to know each other, learn about each other's culture, forestry, food, and even forest management! Group photo Thanks to the organization [...]
Cultural Day of Costa Rica By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission For the month of February, the wonderful country of Costa Rica was featured in the monthly Cultural Day of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA). The event was held last February 18, 2022, at 2 [...]
