Žaklina Živković is a political scientist who has been engaged in research and public advocacy in the area of environmental protection and nature commons for more than a decade. She supported the establishment and cooperated with more than 100 environmental organizations and initiatives throughout Serbia. Today, she is the executive director of the Organization for Political Ecology Polekol, a member of the Right to Water initiative, one of the founders of the Women's Network for Nature and Environmental Protection as well as the regional network Defend the Rivers of Balkans.