News from the internal elements of IFSA.
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” [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Win IFSA Forest Restoration T-Shirts for you and your LC! On 21 March 2021, we are celebrating the International Day of Forests. The theme for 2021 is Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being. 2021 marks the beginning of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the International [...]
Webinar LATAM Last January 27th and 28th, the Latin America region organized a webinar called "Perspectives of forestry sector for 2021 in Latin America" where each Local Committee invited a professional of the sector to give their point of view. As Regional Representatives, Jazmín López and Yamile Sánchez, are [...]
Yamile Sánchez and Jazmín Lopez are currently serving as the Latin America Regional Representatives. Both of them have shown their high motivation from the beginning of this IFSA term. Over the months, several projects they planned have been implemented: Happy Hour for enhancing a closer regional relationship, and IFSA Mate [...]
Joshua Elukut Amaitum from Uganda is currently serving as IFSA’s Head of UN Environment Sub-Commission under the International Processes Commission. He has been doing a consistently exceptional job in connecting IFSA and our members to UN Environment processes, especially through his ongoing efforts within the UNEP Major Group Children and [...]
It is very rarely do we derive the opportunity to learn about the biodiversity and culture of two areas very distinctly. The month of November 2020, however, showed us a glimpse of that when two local Committees of the two megadiverse countries, India and Mexico, [...]
In the age where we are faced with immense biodiversity loss and climate change, over 350 people have gathered at the conference: “Balancing forestry and biodiversity” to learn more about integrated forest management and how it can be implemented. The conference, held on November 9th-11th, [...]
Dear IFSA Family, We are saddened to announce that IFSS 2021 will take place online instead of the originally planned in-person event. During this year, we have had to get used to and adapt to the restrictions brought by the pandemic. Many of the restrictions have especially limited travelling and [...]
