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 [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
