News from the internal elements of IFSA.
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, [...]
Cultural Day of the Philippines By: Kyle Joseph Quijano (Head of Cultural Competencies Sub-Commission) The second "Cultural Day" for the term 2021-2022 was held last November 19, 2021, at 2 pm UTC+0 via Zoom Meetings. The country that was featured for this month was none other than the "Philippines". With [...]
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. [...]
