News from the internal elements of IFSA.
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 [...]
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 [...]
