Officials of the Month December 2020: Yamile Sánchez and Jazmín Lopez
Yamile Sánchez and Jazmín Lopez are currently serving as the Latin America Regional Representatives. Both of them have shown their high motivation from the beginning of this IFSA term. Over the months, several projects they planned have been implemented: Happy Hour for enhancing a closer regional relationship, and IFSA Mate for providing good english [...]
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 nine countries. The [...]
Official of the Month November 2020: Joshua Amaitum
Joshua Elukut Amaitum from Uganda is currently serving as IFSA’s Head of UN Environment Sub-Commission under the International Processes Commission. He has been doing a consistently exceptional job in connecting IFSA and our members to UN Environment processes, especially through his ongoing efforts within the UNEP Major Group Children and Youth and the communicative [...]
We Are Animal Amigos – Reflection
It is very rarely do we derive the opportunity to learn about the biodiversity and culture of two areas very distinctly. The month of November 2020, however, showed us a glimpse of that when two local Committees of the two megadiverse countries, India and Mexico, joined hands to create [...]
Balancing Forestry and Biodiversity – Reflection
In the age where we are faced with immense biodiversity loss and climate change, over 350 people have gathered at the conference: “Balancing forestry and biodiversity” to learn more about integrated forest management and how it can be implemented. The conference, held on November 9th-11th, 2020 was organized by [...]
Announcement online IFSS 2021
Dear IFSA Family, We are saddened to announce that IFSS 2021 will take place online instead of the originally planned in-person event. During this year, we have had to get used to and adapt to the restrictions brought by the pandemic. Many of the restrictions have especially limited travelling and big gatherings, and even [...]