News from the internal elements of IFSA.
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 [...]
Desita is the current Head of Web Sub-Commission. Not only has she has consistently fulfilled her responsibilities since the beginning of the term, but she has also shown her excellence and creativity in projects such as the Official IFSA Email System, CommComms 101, and IFSA Zoom Request System. Desita has [...]
Interregional Call Latin America meets Southern Europe On Jan 23, 2022, the regions of Latin America and Southern Europe met together on a video call to get to know each other, learn about each other's culture, forestry, food, and more! Group photo of interregional call: Latin America meets [...]
IFSA Palencia Celebrates an Event to Introduce IUFOR Researching Topics to Students by Aitor Vázquez Veloso, IFSA Palencia President On November 24th, LC IFSA Palencia (Spain) hosted an event where the students had the opportunity to know the topics researched at University Institute of Sustainable Forest Management (iuFOR) groups. [...]
GLF Climate: Frontiers of Change A report by the IFSA Delegation Author: Yeji Lee, Aditi Mishra The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world's largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach [...]
Cultural Day of Indonesia By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission The first Cultural Day for the year 2022 was held last January 21, 2022, at 1 pm UTC+0 on IFSA's Discord Chanel. Rahma Maulidhina who was the President of IFSA LC IPB 2021 and Faiha Azka [...]
Yuyo Yeh has served as the Head of Publication Sub-Commission under the Communication Communication for two consecutive years. Since then, she has consistently shown excellence in producing monthly newsletters with her outstanding writing skills for the information of all IFSA members. Therefore, the Board recognizes Yuyo as the Official [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports December Board’s work between November and December 2021 Erasmus Grant Proposal Throughout November and December, the Board was working literally every day on preparation of the grant application. In December, the application was submitted to the Erasmus committee which will decide by March whether IFSA receives [...]
Johanna currently serves as the Northern European Regional Representative. Together with her RR partner Carl, they have interacted with their region since day one, substantially increasing the number of active LCs and organizing monthly Coffee Hours. Johanna motivates her colleagues in the working group, ensures the fulfillment of all [...]
[Open Call] Regional Meeting OC 2022 Northern African Dear IFSA’s Northern African Region! Would you like to host the next Northern African Regional Meeting? A new opportunity is here: you can now apply to become the 2022 host and Organizing Committee (OC) of your Regional Meeting! With the [...]
UNFCCC COP26 Glasgow Experience Author: Nele Römer This year the United Nations Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland and IFSA had the opportunity to send a delegation of 10 persons. We want to give a small overview on COP26 importance, [...]
