Experience of people in IFSA
IFSS 2022 Report Creating International Learning About IFSS It is an annual event attended by more than 100 forestry and related science students, where information on the state of the host country's forests is shared and discussed. In terms of IFSA, in this event, General Assemblies are carried out, [...]
Author: Elias Vogel As an annual event, the two LCs from Switzerland (Bern and Zürich ) came together for a joint activity. The event on the 9th of July, 2022 was organized by LC Bern. The plan was to hike from Villeret, a small village in the Bernese Jura, [...]
Land, Life, Legacy… A Scrapbook from Abidjan Experience from the UNCCD COP15 “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai IFSA showed us the path to unite across the globe, IFSA made the scope to meet people across the globe. Stepping out of the [...]
Report of Dare to Explore Traineeship By Alex Bimbo Onatunji My name is Alex Bimbo Onatunji, a Nigerian student studying the International Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR) at the University of Lleida, Spain, and the University of Padova, Italy. A month after [...]
Dare to Explore! “GENDERING FSC: WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO” By Gargi Tariyal (India) Hello to all the forestry students in the world! I am Gargi Tariyal, native of Western Himalayas in India. At present I am an early-stage researcher at the University of [...]
(by Carrera Calle, Vania*; Gutiérrez Sotelo, Joaquín*; Sánchez Chávez, Yamile*) The Amazon is located in Latin America and is shared by eight countries. It is established in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Suriname. This ecosystem contains great biodiversity in flora, fauna, and communities. It plays an [...]
Mushroom Hunt: A report from LC Copenhagen by Johanna Händeler and Theresa Klara Loch On the 26th of September the LC Copenhagen invited everyone to join the first event after the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of new and old faces showed up to spend a wonderful Sunday in the [...]
Dare to Explore! Experience: The potential of woody biomass and new ideas for a professional career I´m Ajdin Starčević from Bosnia and Herzegovina. From February to April, I have been a Dare to Explore! Trainee with CIFOR in Bonn, Germany. The scope of the traineeship was to assess the [...]
Dare to Explore! Experience: Towards The Same Goal, Beyond The Time Difference I am Hiromi Waragai, a student doing the Bachelor’s program in Forest Science at Hokkaido University in Japan. Since the beginning of February, I have been working as a Dare to Explore! trainee remotely at International Union [...]
Meet the Dare to Explore! trainees – Opeyemi Hi IFSA world! My name is Opeyemi Adeyemi, a Nigerian. I recently completed my doctoral degree in Forest Science (socio-ecological systems) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. I have a master’s degree in Sustainable Environmental Management from the University of Greenwich, [...]
Research, practice and perspectives on integrated forest management and urban foresty - Contributions by young researchers and practitioners Vera Knill one of the Dare to Explore! trainees, is currently working with the EFI Urban forestry team. Read her account of an exciting session showcasing the work of young [...]
Meet the Dare to Explore! trainees – Vera Hi IFSA world! My name is Vera and I am currently finishing my MSc in Sustainable Resource Management at Technical University Munich, where I am focusing on management and protection of forest ecosystems. My background is in ecotourism. Before I [...]
Developing research to support decision making: My experience as EFI´s trainee By: Fredy David Polo Villanueva Jr. Researcher at the European Forest Institute (EFI) Doctoral Candidate at the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) Fredy Polo is a Peruvian forester and IFSA member who started his career managing forest [...]
Meet the Dare to Explore! trainees - Hiromi Get to know Hiromi Waragai from Japan, who is currently a remote trainee at IUFRO HQ in Vienna, Austria. Who are you? I am Hiromi, a third-year undergraduate student studying forest economics at Hokkaido University in Japan. [...]
Meet the Dare to Explore! trainees - Junaid Happy to introduce to you Junaid Peters from South Africa, whos is currently doing a remote traineeship with IUFRO headquarters in Vienna: Who are you? My name is Junaid Peters. I had recently graduated with my Bachelor’s Degree in Forest [...]
