News from the internal elements of IFSA.
Each year, The European Forest Institute (EFI) organizes an annual conference in which associate and affiliate members of EFI meet each other. IFSA as one of the associate members, IFSA representatives participate in the meeting to represent international forestry students. It is my pleasure to become the IFSA representative [...]
Jazmín is currently serving as the Head of the Capacity Development Commission. In October, she spearheaded the “Capacity Building Workshop: Team Development” session and co-hosted the Cultural Day for Mexico. She has exhibited excellent leadership by regularly organizing monthly commission and individual sub-commission meetings and making an extensive work [...]
(by Carrera Calle, Vania*; Gutiérrez Sotelo, Joaquín*; Sánchez Chávez, Yamile*) The Amazon is located in Latin America and is shared by eight countries. It is established in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Suriname. This ecosystem contains great biodiversity in flora, fauna, and communities. It plays an [...]
Germany Meeting Göttingen 2021 In October 2021, the German LCs held their annual IFSA Germany Meeting which was the first IFSA in-person meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic! For four days, 22 participants from five German LCs and LCs from Denmark, Serbia and Estonia met in Göttingen [...]
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. [...]
