Announcements of the latest, upcoming and future events within IFSA.
Celebrate the International Day of Forests with us on 19 March at 11 AM CET under the theme “Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being.” This year marks the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and the International Day of Forests celebrates restoration as the path [...]
A long-time IFSA collaborator, The Forests Dialogue (TFD) based out of Yale University, is looking to connect with students who study mass timber building materials or climate-positive forest products more broadly. Read a brief description of the new TFD initiative below and reach out to [stella] and Luca [luca.guadagno@theforestsdialogue.org] with [...]
On 19 March 2021 at 12:00-16:15 UTC, EFI, the recently-merged Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF), and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, in collaboration with the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) and the Sustainable Markets Initiative Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (SMI CBA), will host the world's first conference [...]
FAO Webinar - Forest data for climate action: the importance of legal and institutional frameworks Forests, and forest monitoring in particular, are critical to ensuring that countries stay on target with emission reduction goals within the framework of the Paris Agreement. A robust National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) can [...]
Forest Education Video Campaign The Global Forest Education Project seeks students, teachers, professors, and school administrators to help us promote its work on social media by doing the following: Using a phone or other video recording equipment, take a short video (less than 30 seconds) of yourself. Start with [...]
Virtual Conference: Urban Forestry Days The European Forest Institute (EFI), the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), and the Horizon 2020 CLEARING HOUSE project invite you to two days of integrated activities on urban forestry (March 23-24 2021). This online event is targeted at advanced practitioners, established researchers, sector leading [...]
Invitation to attend the Youth Environment Assembly Global Youth Environment Assembly is the official youth forum toward the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and UN Environment Assembly (UNEA). The first YEA of 2021 will take place on 12, 13 and 18, 19, 20 February in lead the up to UNEA [...]
Open Call for Speakers at the Youth Environment Assembly 5.1 The Youth Environment Assembly will take place on 12, 13 and 18, 19, 20 February in lead the up to United Nations Environment Assembly UNEA 5.1. The main objective of the Youth Environment Assembly is to provide a self-organized space [...]
International Peatland Society Allan Robertson Grants 2021 The International Peatland Society (IPS) warmly welcomes you to apply for this year's Allan Robertson Grants for Research Students and Young Professionals. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the 2021 grants can be given for projects, traveling, and/or registration fees for the International Peatland [...]
Transformative Education for Living in Harmony with Nature The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) is building a movement for Transformative Education for Living in Harmony with Nature, which has emerged as a huge priority for youth! We’re kicking off this campaign with a consultation to hear from you what Transformative [...]
IFSA and other Youth environmental organizations demand policy changes from governments 12 January 2020 — Transparency, transformative education, radical inclusion, transformative action: these are the urgent needs that the International Forestry Students’ Association, together with 18 other youth activist and environmental organizations, is demanding from global governments [...]
The Forests Dialogue invites you to join their 20th anniversary celebration on December 1 at 8-10 AM EST (1PM - 3PM UTC). There will be a launch of the book, "If Tree's Could Talk: 20 Years of The Forests Dialogue"! The virtual event will feature a panel [...]
The Global Access and Benefit-sharing Virtual Conference 2020 takes place on 11th, 18th, 25th November. (UTC-4) Learn more about the experiences of the indigenous people, local communities, governments and stakeholders! Background The Global Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) Virtual Conference 2020 will focus on the exchange of experiences [...]
Event Date: 9-10th November 2020 (CET) This virtual conference is organised in the framework of the European Policy Network INTEGRATE and was jointly organised by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape research (WSL), the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the European Forest Institute [...]
New opportunity for students to learn more about the Paris Agreements. A key pillar of the Paris Agreement is the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), which aims to raise ambitions for climate action through transparent country reporting. The development of National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMS) with open and [...]
