Canopy Conversations: #1 IFSA in the Time of Coronavirus
In this episode we talked to Annebel Soer and Simone Massaro from the IFSA COVID-19 Taskforce about the effects of the pandemic on IFSA. The COVID-19 Info Center: https://ifsa.net/covid19/ More information about IFSA: https://ifsa.net/ Find IFSA on social media by searching for “IFSAdotnet”. For questions and suggestions, email us at podcast@ifsa.net. This episode is [...]
News from RECOTFC: Annual Report 2017-2019
Good news from RECOFTC RECOFTC is creating a future where those who rely on forests live equitably and take good care of the environment. Even in challenging times of COVID-19, RECOFTC strives and targets its goals that were established in 2018. In the new annual report, you can follow the progress made by forest [...]
Official of the Month June 2020 Volodymyr
Volodymyr is our Liaison Officer for IUFRO and is responsible for liaising with one of IFSA’s longest established partnership with the aim to enrich students’ forest education. As one of our youngest officials, he bravely took up the responsibilities of organising IFSA-led sessions at the IUFRO World Congress and the renewal of the Memorandum [...]
Is forestry among the prestigious professions in Africa?
There are numerous developments happening in the forest sector in terms of the goods and services that forests provide, education and labour market among others. These developments have a great potential in promoting sustainable forest management and offering numerous career opportunities including green jobs. In 2019, almost 60 % of Africa's population was under [...]
OPEN CALL: Student researcher in the Young African Forestry Professionals Publication project (YAFP)
⚠️ THIS OPEN CALL is currently closedAbout the project The Young African Forestry Professionals Publication project (YAFP) is a new project launched in April 2020 by the joint IUFRO-IFSA Taskforce on Forest Education. The project’s overall goal is to motivate and inspire young people to pursue forest-related studies and careers in Africa by increasing [...]
Open Calls: Regional Representatives and Regional Meetings 2020/2021
Dear IFSA Family, this post summarize the Open Calls for Regional Representatives pre-selections for 2020/2021 and Regional Meetings. The deadline to apply is the 23th of May and all applications must be sent to opencall@ifsa.net For more info please check the individual Open Calls Regional Representatives: https://ifsa.net/open-call-asia-pacific-rr-2020/ https://ifsa.net/open-call-latin-america-rr-2020/ https://ifsa.net/open-call-northern-america-rr-2020/ https://ifsa.net/open-call-southern-africa-rr-2020/ https://ifsa.net/open-call-northern-africa-rr-2020/ https://ifsa.net/open-call-southern-europe-rr-2020/ Regional Meetings: [...]