Experience of people in IFSA
ROLE OF YOUTH IN PROMOTING BIOECONOMY : YOUTH PERSPECTIVE IN EUROPEAN BIOECONOMY SCIENTIFIC FORUM 2023 Attending the European Bioeconomy Scientific Forum (EBSF) 2023 “Moving Towards the Transformation” on 6 – 9 September 2023 in Austria, Vienna was my very first-time event related to bioeconomy. The Forum is an essential [...]
YAFP Book Launch Events: A Resounding Success Story By, Annie Biju Nelson Madela said “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world”—this is what the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education (JTF) was created for. Our primary objective is to enhance forestry students’ [...]
Field Dialogue on Tree Plantations in the Landscape Delegation Report - The Forests Dialogue i. Summary of the event The Forests Dialogue (TFD) was created in 2000. TFD is a group that brings together different people and teams worldwide to talk about managing forests sustainably and protecting them. They [...]
North Macedonia’s Cultural Day Република Северна Македонија On Thursday, 20 July 2023, 8-9.12 PM (UTC+0) The International Forestry Students’ Association of Local Committee Dren hosted the cultural day via Zoom meeting. The presenters were Ivana Peneva (LC Dren President) and Nadica Kremshovska (LC Dren Vice President). The presentation began [...]
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 [...]
Germany meeting 2023 - Freiburg/Schwarzwald Caption: Hinterzarten in the Black Forest The meeting took place between Thursday and Sunday - the 8th and 11th of June, in Schwarzwald (the Black Forest) near Freiburg, as LC Freiburg organized it. We stayed in a hut owned by the Faculty of [...]
Shaping Tomorrow's Forestry Leaders (UNFF Delegation Report): Youth Perspectives and Lessons from The 18th United Nations Forum and Forests Session 2023 Introduction The UN Forum on Forests is a vital commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with a diverse membership from around the globe. Since its [...]
IFSA Delegation at the UN Water Conference ‘23Event OverviewThe UN Water Conference 2023 was an international conference organized by the UN aiming to provide a platform to discuss topics around SDG 6, ”Clean Water and Sanitation.” This year’s conference took place from March 22 to March 24 at the UN [...]
2023 IFSA Job Fair Event Report On the 27th of May, 2023, around 120 IFSA members joined the 2023 IFSA Virtual Job Fair. It was the second installment of the event, after the first one in March 2022, where global organizations were invited to present their job and internship [...]
Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2023 Event Report After two years of being conducted online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting finally had its first hybrid meeting! The Philippines hosted APRM once again after its first time in 2018—this year, it was hosted by the 3 [...]
Taiwan’s Cultural Day The Island of Formosa On Tuesday, 23 May 2023, The International Forestry Students’ Association of National Taiwan University (NTUFSA) hosted the cultural day by Zoom meeting. The presenters were Lee Xin Yue (President of LC NTUFSA), Sylvia Chang (Member of LC NTUFSA), and Zeng Yun Jing [...]
IFSA-ECN Southern Africa Forestry Program (SAFP) ECN (Environmental Conservation Network) and IFSA (International Forestry Students' Association) have joined forces to develop an innovative program that holds great promise for the future of forestry in Africa. Together, they are creating a dynamic network of young foresters in the southern region, forging [...]
Youth Water Action - Conservation of Coastal Ecosystem in Southeast Asia Calling attention to the topic of water conservation in the APAC region, this March, IFSA organised a youth-led speaker session titled “Youth Water Action - Conservation of Coastal Ecosystem in Southeast Asia” in collaboration with our co-organizers UN MYCP (United [...]
