News from the internal elements of IFSA.
Hey everyone, This is AUSF Padua!!! On October 23rd there were elections for our new board! We are very happy to announce that 4 new positions have been filled by our new young members ! As you can see, the old plants are slowly giving way to the new seedlings [...]
Summary of the main activities organized in the year 2019. Participation in the seminar « Arboretum around the world » 4-5.10.2019. Coffee break with home made cakes at the University garden » 24.09.2019. LC presentation on Welcome day at the university » 17.09.2019. AUSF ITALIA assembly in Molise » 22-26.07.2019. Seminar about [...]
Welcome hike: We started the new term at our university in October with a short hike for freshers from the first year, to welcome them into the IFSA family and to the wonderful world of forestry. As a group of 30 people, we organized a hike to the Beech Forests [...]
Private sector contribution as key stakeholder to support Global Green Supply Chains network. Photo: CTWDPA The international forum, “Together towards Global Green Supply Chains - a Forest Products Industry Initiative”, took place in Shanghai on 22-23 October 2019. The event was organized by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) in [...]
[Shanghai, 21.10.2019] The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) invited a students’ delegation of the International Forestry Students‘ Association (IFSA) to Shanghai, where a 4-days International Forum is being held to promote the concept of green supply chains. The forum is a response to recent research showing that the gap between [...]
Hey! I'm Fergus Price (Left) and recently I got the opportunity to attend the European Forestry Institute (EFI) annual conference and scientific seminar in Aberdeen on the 18th and 19th of September. I attended alongside the Liaison Officer (LO) for EFI Ján Matúš Urbančík (Right). The European Forestry Institute [...]
[Curitiba, 28.09.19] Over 40 international students are gathered today in the lead-up to the World Congress of the International Union for Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Brazil, to learn about forest entrepreneurship and scientific writing. The workshop is part of IFSA’s extensive engagement in forest education and its key role [...]
[New York, 21.09.2019] Today, the first-ever Youth Climate Action Summit is taking place at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York. More than 500 students and young professionals gathered on this day to discuss the way forward. The summit, which convenes world-leading experts, key figures of the United Nations and [...]
As the world’s largest students’ network of forestry and related sciences, the International Forestry Students’ Association seeks to pursue sustainable and healthy environments globally, hence reflected in its vision- a world that appreciates forests. We are cognisant of the fact that all inhabitants of Earth deserve to live on a [...]
[New Delhi, India, September 2nd, 2019] After being recently accredited as official observer organization, the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) is sending its first official delegation to participate in the Conference of Parties 14 (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in New Delhi. 25 students are [...]
The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) held this week in New York shined a spotlight on the topic of forest education. International organizations and member countries alike discussed the importance of strengthening forestry education, beginning from a young age in elementary level education up to university level and beyond. [...]
The Major Group children and youth and IFSA are happy to have brought together a great group of 11 individuals to attend and report form UNNF14, taking place 6th - 10th of May 2019 in New York City If you would like to follow what is happening here in NYC, [...]
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