IFSA press statements
© Messe München, 2022 Georg-Ludwig-Hartig Award On July 18th, 2022, IFSA received the Sustainability Award from the Georg-Ludwig-Hartig Foundation at the INTERFORST exhibition in Munich, Germany. The foundation was established in 1987 in honor of the German forest scientist Georg Ludwig Hartig (1764-1837). During his career, about 200 [...]
After 3.5 years, what do we know about forest related employment and green jobs in the forest sector? By Alex Bimbo Onatunji What has been happening in the Joint EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Global Student Networking and Green Jobs in the forest sector (the project) since its inception? "It is an exciting time [...]
[Shanghai, 21.10.2019] The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) invited a students’ delegation of the International Forestry Students‘ Association (IFSA) to Shanghai, where a 4-days International Forum is being held to promote the concept of green supply chains. The forum is a response to recent research showing that the gap between [...]
[Curitiba, 28.09.19] Over 40 international students are gathered today in the lead-up to the World Congress of the International Union for Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Brazil, to learn about forest entrepreneurship and scientific writing. The workshop is part of IFSA’s extensive engagement in forest education and its key role [...]
[New York, 21.09.2019] Today, the first-ever Youth Climate Action Summit is taking place at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York. More than 500 students and young professionals gathered on this day to discuss the way forward. The summit, which convenes world-leading experts, key figures of the United Nations and [...]
As the world’s largest students’ network of forestry and related sciences, the International Forestry Students’ Association seeks to pursue sustainable and healthy environments globally, hence reflected in its vision- a world that appreciates forests. We are cognisant of the fact that all inhabitants of Earth deserve to live on a [...]
