Deadline: 30 November 2023
The IUFRO-IFSA Joint Task Force on Forest Education, with the collaboration of Reforestamos and WRI, is organizing the second Global Competition on Best Practices in Forest Education to recognize the innovative work of educators teaching about forests and to share these practices with educators, foresters, students, and the general public to promote best practices developed during the COVID-19 pandemic through the present.
Competition Rules
- Only individuals and self-nominations.
- Individuals should claim intellectual property of the material.
- Pictures and videos of the practice should be attached. Video, if any, can be in the local language with English subtitles and credits to the authors.
- Submissions can be in English, French, Spanish (UN Languages) and Portuguese.
- Practices should have been implemented in class since 2020, with continued application in post-pandemic education.
- They will shortlist 6 practices and will announce it before 21 March 2024 (before International Day of Forests). Two shortlisted practices will be announced as winners.
Selection Criteria
- Full application
- Ability to be implemented
- Replicability of the material
- Evidence of effectiveness (e.g., students’ evaluation)
- The submission should be relevant to forest science
- The submission demonstrates significant innovativeness in teaching concepts of forest science.
For more information, visit IUFRO.
