International Forestry Students Association - News

Let's update the LC's contact details!! :-)

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Dear IFSA Local Committee, On behalf of IFSA international I invite you to up-date you local committees (LCs) contact information for the up coming IFSA year, 2009-2010. It is very important that we have accurate contact details to ensure that your LCs receives all of the benefits of being an IFSA member. To up-date the information you need to: 1. Check your LCs details on the website (www.ifsa.net) 2. Download the local committee up-date form from the IFSA website under ‘Downloads’, ‘Guidelines’. Or you could simply download the file attached. 3. Fill out the information required 4. Get it to the IFSA Secretariat , and the Councilor: a. E-mail to both (preferred, and its FREE), b. and post it to the secretariat or, c. Fax it to the secretariat or, 5. Check the website and make sure all the details are correct a. If not contact the councilor for your region 6. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the wonderful world of IFSA Thank you in advance for taking the few minutes to complete this information and sending it off, IFSA Seven are very grateful! Kind regards, IFSA Councils (2009-2010)

Participate in Biodiversity Photo Contest and win a prize!

Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Biodiversity Photo Contest “A Deep Sight of Unique Species”

SPONSOR
• Still in the search stage
TERM
The International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) photo competition is open now and ends June 30th, 2010 (the "Entry Period", before IFSS). All online entries must be received by June 30th, 2010. All mailed entries must be received by June 30th, 2010. Entries become the property of IFSA and will not be returned or acknowledged. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these official rules ("Official Rules").This is a skill based contest and chance plays no part in the determination of winners.
WHO MAY ENTER
Contest is open only to IFSA Members (ordinary & associate member). Employees of Sponsor, IFSA photo competition official, their affiliates and subsidiaries, and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they live) or persons living in the same households of such individuals, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win a prize.
HOW TO ENTER
Submit an image (the ‘Photograph') that you think captures the spirit/idea of biodiversity. It could be a favourite tree or a plant, an animal or an insect, even a whole ecosystem (from your own back yard to somewhere you've visited on vacation) - your images should show people why biodiversity is a good thing which we should try to preserve.
To submit a digital entry:
Complete an online entry form and send it together with your photograph to anonymous_tymy(at)yahoo.co.id or frauke.ifsa(at)gmail.com or All files must be labeled and accompanied by an entry form.
Each entry must comply with the following requirements ("Entry Requirements"):
• The Photograph must be an original work created by own self on whose behalf the entry is submitted.
• Digital photographs must meet the following technical specifications:
o Images should be saved at a suggested 8" x 10" vertical or 10" x 8" horizontal .jpg files and must be a maximum of 72 DPI Images must be saved as .jpg files at the highest possible quality setting (12 or Max in photo shop)
The file name/label must carry the name of the participant and the key subject (e.g.,sarah_frog.jpg)
o Original transparencies and negatives, or in the case of digital images a minimum of a 5 x 7" 300dpi (9mg) jpg of the winning photographs must be available to IFSA so they can be published. Photographs taken with a digital or conventional camera are eligible. Digitally altered images are not acceptable. Mounted or framed images are not acceptable.
o Photographs must be taken not more than three (3) years before the date of entry.
o Obscene or otherwise objectionable content will not be considered, and such determination is solely at the discretion of Sponsor.
-Entries must be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, internet domain owner, or other person or organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
- Limit one Photograph per person. Entrants who submit more than one Photograph will be disqualified.
CONTEST PRIZES Two suggestion from Florent for the prize, are: (1.) material or we thought that it might be even better to try to get some (2.) financial support for attending the CBD 2010 in Japan Should contacting the sponsorship first about the possibilty for the prize, something can make the participation to the context more attractive. Note: the best photo will be showing at 38th IFSS South Korea JUDGING Selecting a winner will be on web based selection. It means that there would be a photo gallery opened on the webpage where all ifsa members would vote on the best pictures.

Awards from CFA: information now available

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

CFA, the Commonwealth Forestry Association and partner of IFSA, offers a lot of awards. May be one of these could be of benefit to you aswell?!

In the rest of the year there's also the Young Scientist Award (http://www.cfa-international.org/YSA.html) which is very relevant to individual IFSA members who have completed significant researches and could be recompensed for their hard-work through the award.

There's also the Young Scientist Research Award (http://www.cfa-international.org/Young_Scientist_Research_Award.html) which is designated for students from Commonwealth countries who have an ongoing research that could help advance the knowledge of Forestry.

The Young Forester Award for example is a great opportunity to improve your ex-curricular education. Go to this page to read the conditions (E.g.: this specific award is for CFA members).

Survey for the CFA´s Conference: State of forestry around the world

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

A survey has been created by IFSA in preparation for the student´s input to the Commonwealths Forestry Association´s Conference, summer 2010 in Edinburgh. Give your opinion of forestry in your country now AND win T-shirts and other prices!!!