Iola Leal Riesco (born 4 July 1977) is a Spanish environmental and social activist working for
European Forest Institute
The European Forest Institute (EFI) is an international organization established by the European states.
It has 30 Member Countries, and c. 130 member organizations from 40 different countries working in diverse research fields. EFI provides fore ...
and
Well Grounded. Her educational background is in the field of forest and human ecology. Since 2003 she has been working to help solve the challenges of integrating environmental issues into EC Aid policies and improve governance in forests globally. Her work continues to center upon EU policies as well as following closely the EU action plan fo
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade In 2010, she set up with
Cath Long the organisation Well Grounded, which provides services and support to African civil society organisations working with communities to help them assert their rights and to improve forest governance.
Born in the city of
Lugo
Lugo (, ; la, Lucus Augusti) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population ...
, she worked for
FERN
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...
,
FERN site
/ref> Amazonia Assemblea de Solidaritat, Skamot Verd and Asociación pola defensa da ría, prior to joining EFI. Her M.Sc. degree in Biology is from the University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
.
Works
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From an European Court of Auditors’ Report to a learning process? The challenge to integrate the environment into the European Community’s development assistance
' Olearius A, Leal Riesco I & Nicholson S (2008)
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Transparency and availability of EC aid documentation, a review
'. Nicholson S & Leal Riesco I (2007) FERN-WWF-BirdLife Report, September 2007.
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Provoking change - A toolkit for African NGOs
'. Saskia Ozinga and Iola Leal Riesco (2007)
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Integrating environmental issues in the next round of co-operation agreements between the EU and ACP countries
' Leal Riesco I. FERN's EC Forest Platform Briefing Note Issue 04, June 2006
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* ''Women and Environment still run behind''. Leal Riesco I. (2003) Phoenix magazine, July: European Constitution Pg. 40.
* ''Economic Impact of transgenics in the Agro-food industry''. Leal Riesco I (2003) EU Council, internal report.
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Forest loss and human health: focus on EU policies and practices
' Leal Riesco I (2005) FERN Briefing Note, Brussels.
* ''Muller, Natureza e Tecnoloxía'' Leal Riesco I (2001). XVIII Galician Philosophy Week: Philosophy and Technology, Pontevedra. Aula Castelao de Filosofía & Vigo University.
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' Sergi Rodríguez Tohà, Eulàlia Gassó i Miracle i Iola Leal Riesco. Ecoilla nº12, Pg.1-4, December 1997 & Boletín nº 9 de la Xarxa de Consum Solidari de Barcelona, December 1998]
References
External links
EFI
Well Grounded
FERN
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Spanish environmentalists
Spanish women environmentalists
Living people
1977 births
People from Lugo
Forest governance
Forestry in Spain