Alexandra Popescu

Senior Editor - Latin America

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Alex is the senior editor for Latin America for Mongabay's Global Desk. She is based in London, UK.

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Macaws fly over the rainforests of Peru.

Illegal logging and trade in fine wood threaten Wampis communities in the Peruvian Amazon

Enrique Vera 9 Sep 2022

Climate change hits northern Mexico, as officials look to solve water crisis

Maxwell Radwin 31 Aug 2022
field

Regenerative agriculture in Mexico boosts yields while restoring nature

Dimitri Selibas 19 Aug 2022

Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in Brazil, satellite images show

Maxwell Radwin 22 Jul 2022
lake landscape

Restoring Mexico’s ‘Garden of Eden’ is a process of deep regeneration

Ocean Malandra 21 Jul 2022

$245-million initiative to create and maintain protected areas in Colombia

Maxwell Radwin 14 Jul 2022
Colombia dam

Displaced by a dam, women defenders fight for their land rights in Colombia

Jane K. Feeney 13 Jul 2022

‘We have advanced, but with much pain’: Q&A with Indigenous leader José Gregorio Díaz Mirabal

Astrid Arellano 8 Jul 2022

BP exploited Mexican communities hoping to benefit from carbon credits: report

Maxwell Radwin 7 Jul 2022

Net-zero commitments must include more anti-deforestation policies, UN tells private sector

Maxwell Radwin 5 Jul 2022

World Bank approves $200 million IFC loan for industrial agriculture in Brazil’s Cerrado

Maxwell Radwin 1 Jul 2022

Andean eagles have managed to adapt to fragmenting habitats — for now

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jun 2022
amazon landscape

Indigenous communities in Colombia’s Amazon move closer to self-governance

Dimitri Selibas 29 Jun 2022
cerrado grasslands

EU’s anti-deforestation bill leaves out critical ecosystems, study shows

Sarah Sax 21 Jun 2022
Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narvaez, Goldman Prize winners for South and Central America in 2022.

For Ecuador’s A’i Cofán leaders, Goldman Prize validates Indigenous struggle

Ana Cristina Alvarado, Diego Cazar Baquero 16 Jun 2022

For companies shopping for quality carbon credits, a new guide offers help

Maxwell Radwin 10 Jun 2022

Satellite data brings new insights on what drives Amazon forest loss

Maxwell Radwin 30 May 2022

Investors force Home Depot to review wood-sourcing policy over logging concerns

Maxwell Radwin 23 May 2022

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Collage, Fritz Pinnow, contributor, and a soldier
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Researcher Ricardo Marques visiting a forest seedling nursery in the Amazon. Image courtesy of Hylaea.
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Bay near Pulai Rayo, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett Butler.
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