Saskia Luutsche Ozinga (born 1960 in

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) is a Dutch environmental and social activist. She is the facilitator of the Forest Movement Europe (FME) and the co-founder of the NGO

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Biography

Saskia Ozinga holds master's degrees in Biology from Wageningen University and Healthcare from the University of

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. After working as a teacher for environmental sciences at the University in Utrecht, Saskia Ozinga joined

Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 73 countries. The organization was founded in 1969 in San Francisco by David Brower, Donald Aitken and Gary Soucie after Brower's split with ...

. She worked as an education officer for Friends of the Earth Netherlands from 1987 until 1990, when she took on the position of forest campaigner. In 1991, Saskia took on the role of facilitator of the newly created Forest Movement Europe (FME), role that she still hosts at present. In March 1995 Saskia co-founded, together with Sian Pettman, the organisation

with a mandate to monitor EU activities in relation to forests, inform and educate the Forest Movement Europe about these activities and facilitate joint advocacy work towards the different EU institutions. She is also a board member of

Forest Peoples Programme Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) advocates an alternative vision of how forests should be managed and controlled, based on respect for the rights of the peoples who know them best. FPP works with forest peoples in South America, Africa, and Asia, ...

, Stichting Tropenbos International and

Taiga Rescue Network Taiga Rescue Network (TRN) was an international network of more than 200 non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and individuals working to defend the world's boreal forests, also known as Taiga. TRN was established in 1992 to give a vo ...

, and member of the steering committee of the

World Rainforest Movement The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) is an international initiative created to strengthen the global movement in defense of forests, in order to fight deforestation and forest degradation. It was founded in 1986 by activists from around the world. ...

. She now lives with her partner Mark Gregory and her daughter in Oxfordshire. Mark is a former BBC Radio World Service journalist.

Works

Books/reports *
Funding forests into the future? How the European Fund for Rural Development affects Europe’s forests
Ed Fenton, Leontien Krul, Saskia Ozinga and Richard Wainwright (2008) *
Provoking change - A toolkit for African NGOs
'. Saskia Ozinga and

Iola Leal Riesco Iola Leal Riesco (born 4 July 1977) is a Spanish environmental and social activist working for European Forest Institute and Well Grounded. Her educational background is in the field of forest and human ecology. Since 2003 she has been working to h ...

(2007) *
Funding Europe's Forests - How to use EU funds for sustainable forest management and nature protection
'. Leontien Krul and Saskia Ozinga (2006) *
Footprints in the Forest; Current practice and future challenges in forest certification
'. Saskia Ozinga (2004) *
A Guide to EU campaigning
'. Saskia Ozinga and Emily Thenard (2004) *
Status of Implementation of Forest-Related Clauses in the CBD
'. Berenice Muraille and Saskia Ozinga (2002) *
Controlling the imports of illegally sourced timber. Options for Europe
'. Duncan Brack; Chantal Marijnissen and Saskia Ozinga (2002) *

' Saskia Ozinga (2001) * ''What Progress? A review of the implementation of the IPF Proposals by Actions by different Governments''. Saskia Ozinga, Sofia Ryder, Bill Mankin and Hans Verolme (2000) * ''The implementation of the IPF Proposals for action in Europe''. Saskia Ozinga, Sofia Ryder (2000) * ''The impact of trade liberalisation in the forest products sector''. Saskia Ozinga; Tim Rice; Chantal Marijnissen and Mark Gregory (2000) *
Trade liberalisation and its impact on forests, an overview of the relevant issues
'. Saskia Ozinga; Tim Rice; Chantal Marijnissen and Mark Gregory (2000) *

(An evaluation of EC Aid policies to Tropical Forests)''. Saskia Ozinga (1999) * ''Europe and the world's forests. Edited and published together with the Forest People's programme''. Saskia Ozinga and Marcus Colchester (1998) * ''Forest Certification at the EU-level''. Saskia Ozinga (1997) * ''Production and consumption of timber and timber products, with an emphasis on the Netherlands''. Saskia Ozinga (1995)

References

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