Donate to ISTF! Help us grow ISTF and provide better services to members. Donations can be made via the Paypal Giving Fund (no charges from Paypal Giving Fund) at https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/4532935 , or via regular Paypal or Stripe at https://tropicalforesters.org/donations/donate/
Terra Viva Grants Directory. Terra Viva Grants (TVG) https://www.terravivagrants.org/ is the go-to grants database for agriculture, energy, environment, and natural resources for the world’s developing countries, and it is now part of ISTF. TVG saves you time by searching for grants for you. This is very helpful for low-income countries where internet connections are slow and expensive and libraries are often not available. The Basic Search, Funding News and Profiles of Grantmakers on the website are open access. Funding alerts via email and the searchable database are available with modest paid subscriptions. Subscribe at THIS LINK. If you have any questions, or problems placing a subscription, please send a message to tropicalforesters@gmail.com
List your business/NGO/government agency with ISTF! ISTF can help raise the visibility for your organization. If you would like to participate, please complete the form at THIS LINK. The directory is now on the ISTF website at https://tropicalforesters.org/about-us/istf-members-organizations/ .
Put your project or research on tropical forests out there in the ISTF blog! You may think you have nothing new to share, but you do! Consider these possible categories (and you can think of others): My ¡Eureka! moment in facing a project or research problem. An initiative that made a difference. Learning from my mistakes. Adventures of a young professional (forestry or other). Field trip adventures. Women protecting forests. Please complete the form at THIS LINK.
Share your news on ISTF social media. Please join the ISTF Facebook and LinkedIn groups and share your news!
ISTF Senior Resource Pool. ISTF senior resource people are happy to receive questions from other ISTF members. The list can be found at THIS LINK. Certain members of the Pool have shared with us their CV, publications list, and/or some of their publications. This information can be found at THIS LINK. If you are a senior forester and would like to be a resource person for others to contact with questions, please send a message to tropicalforesters@gmail.com. Please include your name, preferred email address for contact, and a two-line description of your expertise.
ISTF online resources. The current online resources for ISTF include:
• ISTF website: https://tropicalforesters.org/
• ISTF Newsletter at this link
• ISTF Updates at this link
• ISTF Online Library this link
• ISTF organizing documents at this link
• The ISTF-Global Facebook company page: https://www.facebook.com/tropicalforesters
• The ISTF-Global Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2262122534/
• The ISTF-Global Linked-In company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tropicalforesters/
• The ISTF-Global Linked-In group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12150640/
• The ISTF-Global Bluesky handle/ account: @tropforester | https://bsky.app/profile/tropicalforesters.bsky.social
• The ISTF-Global Mastodon account: https://mastodon.social/@tropicalforesters
• The ISTF-Global YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@istf-global
• The ISTF-Global-TerraViva Grants Facebook Company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/terravivagrants/
• The ISTF-Global-TerraViva Grants Linkedin Company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/terravivagrants/
• The ISTF-Global-TerraViva Grants Bluesky handle/ account: handle @terravivagrants.bsky.social | https://bsky.app/profile/terravivagrants.bsky.social
• The ISTF-Global-TerraViva Grants Mastodon account: https://mastodon.social/@terravivagrants
• ISTF-North Carolina State University: https://research.cnr.ncsu.edu/sites/istf/ , https://www.facebook.com/NCSUISTF/
• ISTF-Puerto Rico Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1121461228675974
• ISTF-Rwanda Chapter: Twitter: @IstfRwanda, Facebook: @ISTF-RWANDA
• ISTF-Yale University, which sponsors the annual Yale ISTF conference: http://istf.yale.edu/ , https://www.facebook.com/yalefesistf/