• Online IFSS activities brainstorming workshop

    Virtual Event

    Join us to bring your ideas and opinions on which are the best activities we can do during the Online IFSS 2021. This event will be a workshop where participants are asked to brainstorm and discuss the proposed ideas. To join the workshop use this google meet event https://meet.google.com/dkv-tpro-qpv

  • World Soil Day Webinar / LC Webinar Series

    You're invited to participate in the IFSA Local Committee's Webinar Series! IFSA LC CHAUPEA (Mexico), LC Istanbul (Turkey), and LC AEFUL (Canada), 3 local committees from 3 different regions are in collaboration to organize a webinar with this year's World Soil Day campaign by FAO: "Keep soil alive, protect soil [...]

  • Forest Optimization: Separate Conservation and Production Forests vs Integrated Forests

    In this Webinar we aim to discuss the role of planted forests on reducing the pressure over primary forests in the Tropics, as a provider of non-wood forest products and of ecosystem services. Also go into the importance of the presence of primary/non-productive forests in tropical regions and the sustainable [...]

  • Webinar – Forestry and Agriculture – Better Together?

    Zoom

    In this webinar, we want to discuss Agroforestry as a tool for Sustainable Development, Food Security, and Ecological Restoration/Preservation. Therefore we have invited Joana Amaral Paulo from ISA/CEF and EURAF who will discuss modern and traditional agroforestry systems and practices in view of agroforestry systems as a means of reducing [...]

  • Who Owns Our Forests? – Public, Private and Communal Ownership

    We will be discusing one of the primary factors regarding the use of forest resources - the ownership of our forests. The FAO definition of forest ownership implies exclusive legal rights over the forest resource, including the right to fully control and utilize the forests. However, it is necessary to [...]

  • Recreation Services of Forests / LCs’ Webinar Series

    Zoom

    The development of forests for recreation is seen as an important aspect of sustainable forestry and there is increasing recognition of the wide-ranging benefits that forests provide to society. Today, recreation is perhaps the most important non-timber service provided by forests. Join our next IFSA Local Committees’ Webinar Series to [...]

  • Forest policy in Europe: Are things getting done?

    Zoom

    How are new insights in forestry implemented into practice? How can forest and agricultural policies be intertwined in a future-proof way? Is the Common Agricultural Policy in line with the European Green Deal? How can forest policy tackle climate change? How can a bottom-up approach in policy implementation be useful [...]

  • Nigerian Forestry Students & Graduates Roundtable

    Zoom

    According to FAO, a changing society changes its demands on forests. Although global interests in forest are translated into international forest or environmental issues (treaties on biodiversity, certification of forest management or products, etc.) changes of demands at the national level are different.  Forestry education in different countries is undergoing [...]

  • Urban Forestry Days

    Urban Forestry Days
    Online

    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 policymakers, and those wishing to [...]

  • Urban Forestry Days

    Urban Forestry Days
    Online

    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 policymakers, and those wishing to [...]

  • Urban Forestry Days

    Urban Forestry Days
    Online

    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 policymakers, and those wishing to [...]

  • #metoo, Networks and Organizations in the Forestry Field – Episode 1

    Virtual Event

    This first episode wants to discuss the #metoo (#slutavverkat) movement in the Swedish forestry sector and the chain of reactions it generated. From there, an analysis of the importance and impact that networks have will follow, discussing the case of NYKS, a network for women and non-binary professionals that was created in Sweden. Additionally, the role of gender and social relations in organizations will be discussed.  Speakers: - Maria Johansson, Researcher and Lecturer, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU) - Elin Olofsson, Business Development Manager, SCA, & Vice Chairwoman of NYKS