What is forest education up to in Africa and Europe?

Learn more about the current status of forest education in Africa and Europe from Prof. James Kung’u and Prof. Mika Rekola, the lead authors of the African and European reports of the latest regional assessment reports on forest education published by FAO in 2021.

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Firstly, Prof. Rekola will introduce the Global Forest Education Study that took place in 2020-2021. What was the goal, and the setup and how did the pandemic change the study? Secondly, prof. Kung’u is presenting the regional assessment report from Africa. In the last part of this module, prof. Rekola showing the regional assessment report from Europe.

To test the knowledge that you gathered after taking this course, a quiz is available at the end of this module.

 

The first part of this module introduces the Global Forest Education Study 2020-2021, explained by Prof. Rekola.

This module is mainly based on the What is forest education up to in Africa and Europe? – Discussion on the regional assessment reports on forest education by FAO (published in 2021) webinar organized by FOREST EUROPE, together with the International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) and the International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) in May 2022. The complete webinar can be found here.