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 [...]
IFSA delegation to COP25
Hello dear IFSA family! I am Sarah Wertz from the IFSA Gembloux-Belgium LC. I got the opportunity to be part of the IFSA delegation for the second week of the 25th Conference Of the Parties in Madrid. During that week there were plenty of conferences and side events to attend. I compiled extracts and [...]
APRM 2020 Registrations Open
The 7th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting is going to be held from May 29th to June 5th, 2020 in Taichung, Taiwan. Under the topic of “Not just forests, not only woods”, we hope to gather people’s knowledge and experiences of multiple values of forestry, and inspire possible strategies to raise the public's awareness of the [...]