The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment

?? Happy International Day of Forests! Today, March 21, the United Nations headquarters hosted a significant event under the theme "Forests and Foods." This program featured high-level opening remarks, in-depth panel discussions, and statements from member states and stakeholders, all highlighting the crucial link between forests and our food systems. From our student community, Aira Mae Gavan ‘25 MEM, president of IFSA Yale, contributed as a panelist. Gavan and The Forests Dialogue's previous liaison to the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) Rizka Afif joined policymakers, researchers, civil society representatives, Indigenous leaders, and fellow youth to discuss the vital role of sustainable forest management in ensuring global food security, sustaining livelihoods, and promoting biodiversity. The event successfully raised awareness and promoted action to protect the essential connection between forests and food. Watch the full recording of the event at https://lnkd.in/euM4bb9z #ForestDay

The Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability is the holding the final three sessions of?their?spring 2025 speaker series on?"Data-Driven Urban Forestry."?Leaders in government, research, and the nonprofit sector will share insights on how innovative use of data can transform urban forestry challenges into effective solutions. Don't miss out—tune in Tuesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. U.S. EDT on Zoom! This series is co-sponsored by?The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment?and the?Urban Resources Initiative. Register at: https://lnkd.in/epWjm9mn

“Exceptional teaching was exceptional teaching, whether it was being delivered in a classroom or over a modem.” - Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning Congratulations to Eva Garen, Ph.D. of the Yale Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative for her signification contributions to digital education at Yale University. During the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning's Yaliewood, Dr. Eva Garen and the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI) team were honored for their impact through the Tropical Forest Landscapes non-degree program that provides practical, field-ready training to environmental scientists in over 70 countries.?Now in its sixth year, this certificate program has become a model for other non-degree programs at Yale. https://lnkd.in/eg5NZ6VJ

Join us this Thursday, March 20, at 12 p.m. U.S. EDT to hear from our next YFF speaker, Bill Tripp, Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. In this conversation, Bill Tripp will talk with Tania Munz about how Karuk Tribal members are working to preserve their ancestral ways of life and culture by managing their forests with fire. ?? Thursday, March 20, 2025 ?? 12:00-1:00 p.m. U.S. EDT ?? Registration is LIVE! Link in bio! The speaker series is co-developed and co-hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment and the Forest History Society. The series is free and open to the public. Learn more on our website: https://bit.ly/YFFhistory

Putting down roots: Yale’s Urban Resources Initiative has planted more than 12,000 trees across New Haven, beautifying streets, anchoring ecosystems, and blunting the effects of climate change. In Yale Alumni Magazine, read about the program and its role in the community: bit.ly/3QJlbGn #Yale #NewHaven

Forestry students head West! Six second-year Master of Forestry students took part in Western Forest Crew to learn about forestry in a new landscape. From spending New Year's at Hama Hama Oysters and learning about their 5,000 acres of timberland with Thomas James ’08 MFS, ‘16 PhD to shadowing silviculturists and engineers with Green Diamond, an industrial timber company, Western Forest Crew broadened their perspectives on forest management. ???? “The opportunity to receive such a comprehensive overview of forestry in the Pacific Northwest was invaluable academically, professionally, and personally,” said Kate Regan-Loomis ’25 MF. “After having spent the previous year and a half embedded in the silviculture of the Northeast, discovering the practices on the Olympic Peninsula broadened my understanding of forestry.” Read more about Western Crew: https://lnkd.in/eithCRBc

We are on spring break this week and will return next Thursday, March 20 with the final three webinars in our spring 2025 Yale Forest Forum speaker series, "A History of People, Forests, and Forestry." Our final speakers include Bill Tripp (Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources), Mohan Kumar (Kerala Forest Research Institute), and Karl Appuhn (New York University). ???? Register here?? yse.to/yff25

Join us this Thursday, March 6, at 12 p.m. U.S. EST to hear from our next YFF speaker, Larry Barham, University of Liverpool. In this talk, Larry Barham will discuss the ecology of the miombo woodland, new archaeological evidence for the working of trees by early humans, and contemporary issues linked to the region’s woodlands. ?? Thursday, March 6, 2025 ?? 12:00-1:00 p.m. U.S. EST ?? Registration is LIVE! Link in bio! The speaker series is co-developed and co-hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment and the Forest History Society. The series is free and open to the public. Learn more on our website: https://bit.ly/YFFhistory

Join us this Thursday, February 27, at 12 p.m. U.S. EST to hear from our next YFF speaker, Anabel Ford, MesoAmerican Research Center, University of California, Santa Barbara. In this talk, Anabel Ford will discuss the living art embedded in traditional ecological knowledge that provided the foundation of the ancient Maya civilization and resulted in a biodiverse cropscape that persists today.??? ?? Thursday, February 27, 2025 ?? 12:00-1:00 p.m. U.S. EST ?? Registration is LIVE! Link in bio! The speaker series is co-developed and co-hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment and the Forest History Society. The series is free and open to the public. Learn more on our website: https://bit.ly/YFFhistory

Join us this Thursday, February 20, at 12 p.m. U.S. EST to hear from our next YFF speaker, Jonathan Padwe, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. In this talk, Jonathan Padwe will look at the practices of forest management of the highland people of the Annamite Mountains of mainland Southeast Asia, whose livelihoods and cultural lives are closely tied to the forests they inhabit and have managed for millennia. ?? Thursday, February 20, 2025 ?? 12:00-1:00 p.m. U.S. EST ?? Registration is LIVE! Link in bio! The speaker series is co-developed and co-hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment and the Forest History Society. The series is free and open to the public. Learn more on our website:? yff.yale.edu