IFSA is a short name for International Forestry Student Association. It’s the largest international association for students of forestry and related fields.
It was established in 1990 by motivated students, but it was already organizing Student Symposiums since 1973.
IFSA is present in over 60 nations and over 130 Local Committees. The LC are the pillars of IFSA and affiliated with the respective universities, and they are organized into 7 regions. Europe is divided in two regions, Southern and Northern Europe, with the LC Tharandt, among with the others German LC, member of the Northern Europe Region.
As part of IFSA, each member obtain various beneftis:
- General
- Funding, internships, projects, advising, and much more
- Voting & Official Position
- Voting at the General Assembly and chance to become an IFSA Official
- Knowledge Exchange
- Membership account on IFSA website and having access to TreE-Learning & TreeHouse, online courses given by partners
- Events
- Joining conferences, seminars, delegations and IFSA events
- Online activities
- Join capacity building activities, Coffee Hours, Inter-regional calls, IFSA job fair and various online activities
- Networking
- Join the IFSA Discord and connect forestry students from all over the world
- Cultural exchange
- Opportunity to partecipate in cultural days and language schools
