International Forestry Students' Association
IFSA is a recognized student organization that allows students to connect to others in the forestry sector on an international level. Comprised of Local Committees (LC), the International Forestry Students’ Association is the largest international network of students in forestry and related sciences. IFSA is a globally organized and locally operating students’ organization connecting forest and related science students to their peers and forest related organizations and policy platforms.
With more than 130 member associations spread across over 60 countries, IFSA unites more than 12,000 students in their endeavor to learn about forests, cultures and the environment. IFSA is a non-political, non-profit, and non-religious organization that is entirely run by students.
In IFSA we seek to create global cooperation among students of forest and related sciences, to broaden knowledge and understanding and a space for youth in international forest processes to achieve a sustainable future for our forests. Through our network, we facilitate student meetings, enable participation in scientific debate, and support the involvement of youth in decision making processes regionally and globally.
Officer Contacts
2026-27 Officers
President – Sandeep Timilsina
Treasurer – Garam Yoon
Faculty Advisors - Rajat Panwar & Rachael Fahrenbach
Mission and Objectives
The aim of the organization is to help the students, graduate and undergraduate, who have different majors, interact with one another and to promote student interactions, discussions, and activities connected with forestry.
The objectives of OSU-IFSA are to:
- Enrich the formal education of OSU students, especially in terms of a wider, more global perspective through extracurricular activities and the exchange of information and experiences such as the ones described in Article VII.
- Provide a welcoming environment and inclusion in the Local Committee (LC) activities for visiting students, interns, and scholars.
- Contribute to a more complete professional preparation for student members of the LC.
- Promote cooperation and networking among students and the professional forestry sector, as well as with other sectors such as Agricultural Sciences, Fisheries and Wildlife, Integrative Biology, Environmental Education, Public Health and Human Sciences, and Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences.
- Encourage improvements in forestry and natural resources higher education internationally for the benefit of all students.
- The diffusion and formation of more chapters of IFSA in North America will be a special objective of OSU-IFSA given its history of pioneer in the region.
Questions? Email us at InternationalForestryStudentsAssoc.clubs@oregonstate.edu