Open Call – UNFF Major Group Led Initiavite – Nairobi
The United Nations Forum on Forest (UNFF) was established in 2000 in order to promote principles for sustainable forest management. In 2017 the UNFF adopted to UN Strategic Plan for Forests (UNSPF) that provides a global framework for action to accelerate sustainable forest use and end deforestation. Civil society is a central element of [...]
Social Forestry Education in ASEAN (LC-IPB)
Dear IFSA friends, I’m Shofi Fauziyyah, a master's student and a member of IFSA LC-IPB Indonesia. On 11th to 13th November 2019, I had the opportunity to join the Regional Workshop on Social Forestry Education in ASEAN by The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC) in Bangkok, Thailand. RECOFTC has been the forefront of [...]
Upcoming: At its 2020 General Assembly, the IFSA Supporter and Alumni Network will elect a new Board
Dear IFSA world and Alumni, the SAN is the supportive association of IFSA. Therefore, the SAN has two functions – to manage IFSA’s Supporting members (the S) and to coordinate its Alumni (the A). This year, at its 2020 General Assembly, the members of the SAN will have the chance to elect their 2020-2023 [...]
Three pathways to strengthening safeguards for traditional knowledge
Promoting Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ (IPLC) ownership over traditional knowledge is essential to upholding rights and building resilience in the face of increasingly complex and intense environmental problems. But exploitative appropriation of traditional knowledge remains pervasive, in part due to the lack of comprehensive, multi-level, participatory governance frameworks. But pathways do exist that can [...]
Participation to the GYBN consultative youth leadership meeting for post-2020 as an IFSA Representative
On the first week of November, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) consultative youth leadership meeting for the post-2020 took place in Paris. There were representatives from different youth organizations and movements. The aim was to build a global youth alliance and discuss how we can all work together in order to support the [...]
IUFRO-EFI Young scientists Initiative
The latest IUFRO-EFI collaboration, the Young Scientists Initiative (YSI), is a great opportunity for IFSA students. The program provides an opportunity for PhD students and researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America, through short scientist visits, to establish international relations with leading universities and scientists in forest science in Europe. The grant provides a [...]