News from the internal elements of IFSA.
Cultural Day of Mexico By: Kyle Joseph Quijano Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission At 2 pm UTC+0 on October 15, 2021, the first-ever “Cultural Day” for the term 2021-2022 was held through IFSA's Discord Chanel. Jazmin Lopez, the current Head of Capacity Development Commission, and Ivette Estrade, the Internal Councilor [...]
Bimonthly Board Reports October Board’s work between August and October 2021 Internal Department Events organised Officials Welcome Meeting (19/09 online) After most of the Officials were appointed, the first official meeting took place to get to know each other. Internal Department Meeting (2/10 online) The Internal Department had their [...]
World Congress Conservation – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Nature-based Solutions and Young Professionals - Perceptions and Integration By: Joaquín Gutierrez On September 5, IFSA had the opportunity to participate as an invited panel during the World Conservation Congress. Along with other panelists from different institutions, such [...]
Elivis Omoit is currently serving as the Head of the CIFOR / YIL Sub-Commission under the Partner’s Commission. This is Elivis’ first term as an official and he has done an outstanding work in this short duration. His work in organising the delegation for GLF Amazonia is commendable. He has [...]
A Piece of Forest Education for All! By Alina Lehikoinen The EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Project on Green Jobs has been running for almost three years now and is coming to an end in early 2022. The project has borne fruit, which could be seen at the project’s IUFRO World Day session. [...]
Forestry students of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the University of Chile are organizing the 50th anniversary of the International Forestry Student Symposium (IFSS) of the International Forestry Student Association (IFSA) which will be held between the 25th of August and the 8th of September 2022, the [...]
Report on the North African Regional Meeting (NARM) 2021 Online North African Regional Meeting took place between 16th – 18th July with an amazing program thanks to the combined efforts of the Organizing Committee from LC Kwame Nkrumah University of science and technology, Ghana and the Regional Representatives; Ebunoluwa Emmanuel [...]
Title: Capacity Building Workshop, Applying for Opportunities Time & Date: June 12 and 19, 2021 via Zoom Platform Participants: IFSA members and officials Agenda: Session 1: Lisa Prior Session 2: Fola Babalola, Janice Burns IFSA has been a cornerstone of giving forestry students all over the world access [...]
Paula currently serves as the Head of Capacity and Development Commission. This is the first term that Paula holds a position in IFSA and during her serving time she has done an outstanding work. Her proactivity and enthusiasm have motivated the commission, organizing session 1 and 2 of the [...]
During June 1-5 2021, IFSA delegates participated in Forest Harvest: Community-Based Non-Timber Forest Product Enterprises (CBNE) Forum. This event highlighted the importance of different aspects of forestry including the forest itself, the contributors to the health of the forest and the benefits that we obtain from the forests. There [...]
On July 28th IFSA-KOREA had a meeting with the LC WARSAW from Poland. The meeting was aimed to share each other’s forest management, plants & animals and about university. It was interesting to know the differences, and was a good chance for participants to broaden their view and learn. [...]
Our experiences as Online IFSA Delegates at the Forestry in Women's Hands 2021 On 9 April 2021, 29 students from 17 countries met online to attend a Pre-Conference Day in view of the Forests in Women’s Hands Conference 2021. Following this first exchange, they attended the FiWH conference and [...]
Gun Lidestav on (Un)Doing Gender at Forests in Women’s Hands 2021 Gun Lidestav was the keynote speaker at the Forests in Women’s Hands Conference 2021 and argued that change will not come fast and easy. In her keynote “(Un)Doing Gender in and through forestry networks - processes of inclusion and [...]
Forests in Women’s Hands 2021: The Past, Present and Future of Gender Matters in Forestry During the first international conference addressing gender equality in the forestry sector, more than 460 participants were able to share their experiences, projects and ideas on gender roles and gender equality and discuss possible measures. [...]
FiWH Pre-Conference Day: Opening our Eyes to Gender Bias On 9 April 2021, 29 students and young professionals from 17 countries joined the first Online IFSA Delegation since the outbreak of COVID-19 in view of the Forests in Women’s Hands Conference and participated in a Pre-Conference Day organised by [...]
