Saskia Ozinga

Saskia Luutsche Ozinga (born 1960 in Beverwijk)[1] is a Dutch environmental and social activist.

She is the facilitator of the Forest Movement Europe (FME) and the co-founder of the NGO FERN, which she was the campaigns coordinator, between 1995 and 2017.

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

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 March 1995 Saskia co-founded, together with Sian Pettman, the organisation FERN 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.