News from the internal elements of IFSA.

2 07, 2021

Our experiences as Online IFSA Delegates at the Forestry in Women’s Hands 2021

By |2021-07-02T17:05:26+02:00July 2nd, 2021|Event Reports|

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 [...]

2 07, 2021

Gun Lidestav on (Un)Doing Gender at Forests in Women’s Hands 2021

By |2021-07-02T18:20:54+02:00July 2nd, 2021|Event Reports|

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 [...]

2 07, 2021

Forests in Women’s Hands 2021: The Past, Present and Future of Gender Matters in Forestry

By |2021-07-02T16:39:02+02:00July 2nd, 2021|Event Reports|

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. [...]

2 07, 2021

FiWH Pre-Conference Day: Opening our Eyes to Gender Bias

By |2021-07-02T16:55:08+02:00July 2nd, 2021|Event Reports|

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 [...]

2 07, 2021

IFSA Webinar Series on Gender & Forestry: Starting the Conversation

By |2021-07-02T18:16:42+02:00July 2nd, 2021|Event Reports|

IFSA Webinar Series on Gender & Forestry: Starting the Conversation In an age where we are faced with gender inequality that is characterised by uneven access to education, lack of employment equality, job segregation, poor medical care and gender bias, IFSA has developed a webinar series on gender & forestry [...]

1 07, 2021

Latin America Regional Meeting 2021

By |2021-07-01T00:40:39+02:00July 1st, 2021|Internal News, Other posts, Regional Meetings|

Latin America Regional Meeting 2021 The Latin America Regional Meeting took place in June 10 - 13, organized by a member of each local committee from the region.  During four days, thanks to the effort of the OC, members of Latin America could increase bonds among LCs and [...]

11 06, 2021

Official of the Month May 2021: Damiano Cilio

By |2021-06-11T08:30:05+02:00June 11th, 2021|Internal News, Official of the Month|

Damiano Cilio is one of the backbones of IFSA, he is currently serving his 5th term as IFSA Official. His contributions have been in many different areas, and with his wide range of experience, he was available whenever his assistance was needed. Most notably, he was the [...]

17 05, 2021

Southern Europe Elections & Regional Awards

By |2021-05-17T03:54:46+02:00May 17th, 2021|Event Reports, LC News, Regional Meetings|

Southern Europe Elections & Regional Awards Online Southern European Regional Meeting took place between 6-9 May with an amazing program thanks to great efforts of the Organizing Committee from LC Thessaloniki, Greece. During the 4-day program, there were panel discussions organized with the topic of the meeting “Recovery through Biodiversity” [...]

7 05, 2021

Official of the Month April 2021: Elif Duman

By |2021-05-07T18:52:43+02:00May 7th, 2021|Internal News, Official of the Month|

Elif Duman is currently serving as the Southern Europe Regional Representative for her second term. With her partner Šimon, they have developed the Regional Awards to motivate our members. In addition, their Discord server is quite active because there are fun activities hosted, such as Game Night and Movie Night. [...]

4 05, 2021

The IFSA Southern African Region taking part in the FOREST21 project, which involves five universities in South Africa, two from Finland, and one from Norway

By |2021-05-04T09:03:21+02:00May 4th, 2021|LC News, Regional Meetings|

The IFSA Southern African Region taking part in the FOREST21 project, which involves five universities in South Africa, two from Finland, and one from Norway. Southern Africa Forestry has initiated a project that is a collaboration between South Africa, Norway, and Finland and focuses on building capacity in forestry higher [...]

23 04, 2021

People’s voices from the forest – Reflection on public measures mitigating negative effects of the Covid19 pandemic on the forest sector

By |2021-04-24T22:29:57+02:00April 23rd, 2021|Event Reports|

People’s voices from the forest - Reflection on public measures mitigating negative effects of the Covid19 pandemic on the forest sector In this side event, representatives of the MG Women, MG Indigenous Peoples, MG Workers, and Trade Union, and a Governmental official will give input presentations on national, regional, [...]

4 04, 2021

Official of the Month March 2021: Magdalena Jovanovic

By |2021-04-04T17:49:07+02:00April 4th, 2021|Internal News, Official of the Month|

Magdalena Jovanovic currently serves as the Head of EFI Sub-Commission. This is Magdalena’s first term as an IFSA position-holder and she has been shining with her proactive attitude, recently presenting ideas on a new IFSA expert training course project. Throughout the last months she successfully facilitated and co-organized several [...]

9 03, 2021

An Initiative by IFSA LC FRI on Great Backyard Bird Counting, 2021

By |2021-03-09T16:03:15+01:00March 9th, 2021|LC News|

We  all know that connecting with nature is important. Great Backyard Bird Counting (GBBC) 2021 is the opportunity for us to enjoy the beautiful little things while walking through the forest trail or river  side or watching the backyard through the window. [...]

9 03, 2021

Official of the Month February 2021: Sylvannisa Putri

By |2021-03-09T13:21:23+01:00March 9th, 2021|Internal News, Official of the Month|

Sylvannisa is currently the Head of Communication Commission, serving her second term as an official after being the Head of Design in 2019/20. During her serving time she has done outstanding efforts, through the objectives system that she has implemented making work easier and more efficient within the commission.  [...]

9 02, 2021

Official of the Month January 2021: David Almeida

By |2021-02-14T14:31:23+01:00February 9th, 2021|Internal News, Official of the Month|

Serving his second term as an official after representing IFSA towards the IUCN in 2019/20, David took over the newly established role as Head of Partner Commission during the 2020 digital IFSS. With no previous position holder to learn from and the External Partner’s specific challenges caused by the [...]

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