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 [...]
Serbia’s Cultural Day Land of The Red Squirrels On Friday, 12 May 2023, International Forestry Students’ Association Local Committee Belgrade hosted the Cultural Day through Zoom meeting. The presenters were Nađa Nikić (Vice president of IFSA LC Belgrade) and Ena Žarković (LC Representative of IFSA LC Belgrade). The presentation [...]
Building Links: Youth Partnerships for Impactful Action on SDGs at the 10th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development In March this year, IFSA, along with our co-organizers IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association), organized a virtual side event titled “Building Links: Youth Partnerships for Impactful Action on SDGs” [...]
IFSA Delegation Report at the 6th GLF Investment Case Symposium Experience as an IFSA delegate My name is Fiana Eka Aprilia, the Human Resource Development commissioner of IFSA LC UGM, I have had the opportunity to be part of IFSA's delegations to the GLF Africa Digital Conference that was [...]
Canadian American Regional Meeting OSU 2023 - Event Report 1. Background and summary of the event This year, Oregon State University’s Local Committee (OSU LC) organized the Canadian American Regional Meeting (CARM) from March 25th to April 1st in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. The event's main objective was to strengthen the [...]
Efforts in Mainstreaming Landscape Restoration Education Into The Current Education Systems in South - East Asia A Lesson Learned From IUFRO - ICFRE Symposium Opening Speech during the symposium International Symposium on Intersectoral Cooperation for Resilient Landscapes organized by IUFRO and ICFRE - Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education [...]
LC Copenhagen At The Northern Europe Regional Meeting (NERM) 2023 IFSA LC Copenhagen’s representative participated in NERM 2023 We had an amazing opportunity to participate in the Northern Europe Regional Meeting (NERM) as IFSA LC Copenhagen representatives which this year took place in Poland on April 11-16. It was [...]
IFSA LC UNHAS Goes to Fields Come Upon The Call From The Hill and The Street IFSA LC UNHAS was invited to present about climate change and clean up the street to make the city clean. The decision of accepting the proposal and invitation was finalized after a discussion on [...]
Open Table Discussion on Indigenous Rights and their Empowerment LC Project of the month, February 2023 LC Collaboration: LC Eberswalde (Germany) & LC FRI (India) Date of Event: 13th & 14th February 2023 Point of discussion: Role of indigenous communities in the forestry sector Objective: To spread awareness about [...]
OC Experience: IFSA Interim and Departments Meeting 2023 with IFSA LC UNHAS From The Resolute Heart to The Glorious Forest! International Night Picture. Photographed by A.Afiq Zakwan Madani (Undergraduate Student of Forestry Faculty of Universitas Hasanuddin). Location: Educational Forest of Universitas Hasanuddin. In the middle of the year [...]
UNFCCC COP 27 Egypt Experience Background of conference What is COP 27? The ‘UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’ (UNFCCC) is one of the three ”Rio Conventions” which was opened for signature at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. The ultimate objective of the Convention is to stabilise greenhouse gas [...]
“Forestry is a field for everyone I belong to forestry equally as a woman.” IFSA delegate opinion at Women's Forest Congress I was dragging my little suitcase and sore body after a very long day of travel into the Intercontinental hotel in Minneapolis. Suddenly, “Giggles, laughter, and chit-chats” chimed over [...]
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with 15 members of the youth and young professional delegation attending the XV World Forestry Congress (WFC) in Seoul to share his support for their action in the forestry sector (CREDIT: FAO flickr) Young people should bring their ideas to governance forums and [...]
IFSS 2018 in Mexico IFSA’s role in my career path: Kristjan Sepp Widening horizon with an international experience and networking My name is Kristjan Sepp, and I am an alumnus of IFSA. I studied Forest management in 2013 at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. In 2015, I [...]
