News from the internal elements of IFSA.
Johannes is currently the Head of Carbon Sustainability Sub-commission from the Capacity Development Commission. He has been working tiredlessly to bring sustainability to the functioning of IFSA. Furthermore, he is always high on motivation, creating a friendly and positive environment in the commission. The board wants to acknowledge his contributions [...]
The IFSA board is proud to announce the official of the month for January 2020: Alina Lehikoinen. Organizing a Conference of Parties with a change of location is certainly not easy, but nothing that catches Alina off-guard. Serving her first term as an official, Alina joined us in Estonia as [...]
Dear IFSA LCs, Regional Representatives and Web Commission are looking forward to gathering more info about your Local Committee. Currently, the LCs info on the IFSA website and in the Internal RR database is rather outdated - it is time for an update! To do this we need your help!Please [...]
The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) invited the International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) to Brussels where a 2 day Youth Dialogue themed “Exchange between the European Commission and Young Europeans about the European Green Deal” was held to promote dialogue and sharing of insights on the measures envisaged by [...]
Sharing experiences, discovering animal tracks and learning about mountain forestry in the alpine region By the end of January, IFSA LCs from all over Germany gathered in south Germany for this year’s Germany Meeting. The Chiemgau alpine region provided the perfect setting to bring together 20 student representatives from different [...]
Dear IFSA family, In July 2020, Université Laval (in Quebec, Canada) will host an International Student Summit on Climate. The UniC2020 Summit will bring together some 300 young students and graduates from around the world. The event will take place earlier in July, just before the International Forestry Students’ Symposium! This [...]
Dear IFSA friends, I’m Shofi Fauziyyah, a master's student and a member of IFSA LC-IPB Indonesia. On 11th to 13th November 2019, I had the opportunity to join the Regional Workshop on Social Forestry Education in ASEAN by The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC) in Bangkok, Thailand. RECOFTC has [...]
Dear IFSA world and Alumni, the SAN is the supportive association of IFSA. Therefore, the SAN has two functions – to manage IFSA’s Supporting members (the S) and to coordinate its Alumni (the A). This year, at its 2020 General Assembly, the members of the SAN will have the chance [...]
On the first week of November, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) consultative youth leadership meeting for the post-2020 took place in Paris. There were representatives from different youth organizations and movements. The aim was to build a global youth alliance and discuss how we can all work together in [...]
Hello dear IFSA family! I am Sarah Wertz from the IFSA Gembloux-Belgium LC. I got the opportunity to be part of the IFSA delegation for the second week of the 25th Conference Of the Parties in Madrid. During that week there were plenty of conferences and side events to attend. [...]
From November 28th to November 30th back-to-back conferences on sustainable finance took place in Luxembourg, the UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Europe on November 28th and 29th, and the Global Landscapes Forum 4th annual Investment Case Symposium on the 30th. Additionally, the GLF organized a youth workshop on sustainable finance on [...]
Activities this Autumn: Barbecues: We had our traditional barbecues near the forestry building to improve the IFSA spirit between forestry students and professors, teachers. Seminars: This Autumn we had three seminars which were - falconry hunting in Portugal on the 18th of November, and the other two were about the [...]
Hello IFSA family, Greetings from LC Thessaloniki, Greece! Although winter is almost here for most European countries, we still have some summer to share…and also some news! 😊 First things first, we’re in the process of changing our LC’s logo! Our friend from LC Brașov, @Alex Stainbok, created some beautiful [...]
SoINNOVember with IFSA BOKU SoINNOVember was closely linked to Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (= SIMRA) with a special focus on forest-based ventures. In this European project we found not only an inspiring research concept, but also great examples for Social Innovation all over Europe including the promotion and [...]
This past year was pretty intense with the “Forstverein” (meaning Forest Association) in Bern. To start on a local note, the association set up a bar and members are now working to quench the thirst of other students at every party held at the university to introduce the association to [...]
