News from the internal elements of IFSA.
Open Call LA RRs Dear IFSA World, IFSA wishes to announce the open call for the position of Regional Representatives for Latin America. This is a call for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals who will serve for the term 2023/24 starting from September 2023 till August 2024. Introduction IFSA [...]
UNECE Trees in Cities Challenge IFSA will start a collaboration to support the work of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) regarding the implementation of the “Trees in Cities Challenge” initiative. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Forestry Students Association are collaborating to [...]
Bi-monthly Report (May-June 2023) Internal Department Communication Commission Accomplished Plans for the Period CommComms Monthly Hangout: May 2023 At the end of the month, the CommComms team gathered for their monthly hangout meeting for the month of May 2023. The team members gave updates about their projects and tasks—some of [...]
Open Call for IFSA-IUFRO Joint Task Force Deputy Coordinators Background The Forest Education Task Force seeks to bring together perspectives and knowledge from students, educators, and other stakeholders; encourage international discussion on forest education and capacity building; identify, compile, and communicate gaps and challenges in forest education - especially [...]
Abstract submission for the 12th WEEC Don't forget to submit your Abstract for the 12th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC). The deadline has been extended until August 30, 2023 Why Submit? The Congress aims to build bridges between: Different approaches to environmental education and education for sustainable development [...]
Open Call: UNFCCC COP28 Delegation The 28th conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will convene from 30 November to 12 December at the Expo City Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It will also comprise the fifth meeting of the [...]
Tree Plantations in the Landscape The Forests Dialogue IFSA Delegation From June 12th to 16th, The Forests Dialogue organized a Field Dialogue in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, where IFSA had the opportunity to participate with a delegation confirmed by Neekita Urang from LC FRI, India, and Rizka Afif Muhammad from LC [...]
Northern Africa Regional Meeting 2023 Event Report Background of the Event: Northern Africa Regional Meeting 2023 The Northern African Regional Meeting 2023 was organized and hosted by the Federal University of Technology Akure Local Committee (FUTA LC) in Nigeria. The event lasted seven days and attracted 100 participants, with [...]
IFSOW Wageningen weekend The IFSOW LC Wageningen hosted many cool activities in Wageningen from the weekend of 9 June until 11 June, together with international guests of other LCs. A sawmill excursion, campus tour, Wageningen walk, forest nursery excursion, and forest arboretum excursion were all included in the awesome [...]
Forest Europe Expert-Level Meeting(ELM) 21st & 22nd of June 2023: An IFSA Delegate perspective FOREST EUROPE Expert Level Meeting, Dresden 2023 From the 21st to the 22nd of June, FOREST EUROPE (Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe) organized the Expert Level Meeting of 2023 (ELM for [...]
ForestNavigator - IFSA representation at the stakeholder workshop On June 19-20, the EU-funded ForestNavigator project held its first Stakeholder Board workshop at IIASA headquarters in Laxenburg, Austria. The project aims to model policy pathways and enhance the contribution of the European forestry sector to achieve climate neutrality. On this [...]
Official of The Month - June 2023 Chrispus Ongom As the Regional Representative of Southern Africa, Chrispus has been doing an excellent job helping the region to be active and updated. Besides the basic duties of an RR, he also steps beyond his responsibilities by for example helping with execution [...]
Open-Call Global Competition on Best Practices in Forest Education 2.0 The Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education is happy to announce for the second time "The Global Competition on Best Practices in Forest Education" to celebrate and reward the efforts of forestry teachers and professors around the world. [...]
Open Call for In-person IFSA Delegation to GLF Nairobi Description The climate crisis is already impacting every corner of the Earth – and it’s taking a heavy toll on rural communities dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. It’s time for a new vision. This October, join us in-person [...]
Interim 2023 Report Interim is the mid-year meeting for IFSA officials which usually takes place between late December and early February for a week. This year, the meeting took place from the 1st to the 15th of February in Makassar, Indonesia hosted by the IFSA LC UNHAS. For the [...]
