Iola Leal Riesco


Iola Leal Riesco is an 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 help solve the challenges of integrating environmental issues into EC Aid policies and improve governance in forests globally. She is currently working on EU policies and following closely the EU action plan for . 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.
Prior to joining EFI, she worked for FERN, Amazonia Assemblea de Solidaritat, Skamot Verd and Asociación pola defensa da ría. She is a Master of Science in Biology by the University of Barcelona.

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