Open Call IFSA Internal Councilor 2020/21
Open Call IFSA Internal Councilor 2020/21 Dear IFSA World, The Internal Councilor position is now vacant, hence we are making an open call to find a candidate. Position description The Internal Councilor is a part of the IFSA Council and hence the IFSA Board. The main tasks are overseeing and [...]
Youth In Landscapes – Open Letter for policymakers
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 [...]
Open Call for UNEP Internships
Open Call for UNEP Internships The Global Peatlands Initiative has announced two exciting new opportunities for home-based internship positions with UNEP. The duration of the two internships is for a period of three to six months. Although these positions are unpaid, they offer an incredible chance for recent post-graduates [...]
Open Call for Water and Climate Impact Programme
Open Call for Water and Climate Impact Programme Dear Peatlands Enthusiasts, please have a look at this incredible funding opportunity put together by IUCN. The goal of the Water for Climate Impact Programme is to increase investment in peatland protection, management and restoration. Those interested will need to demonstrate [...]
Association GFSA: Young people committed to environmental conservation and protection
Gasy Forestry Students’ Association (GFSA) Foundation of the association For the students of ESSA-Forest, the only study produces forest engineers in Madagascar, there is a lack of exchange and development in the field outside of studies. As far as the labour market is concerned, it is obvious that there [...]
Progress amidst Pandemic: A snapshot of the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education in 2020
Progress amidst Pandemic: A snapshot of the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education in 2020 by Alex Onatunji and Juliet Achieng The first Global Outlook on Forest Education published at Freiburg, Germany in September 2017 summarised that “Competency needs from working life were compared to forest education curriculum in [...]