Alejandra Laina

Alejandra Laina serves as the manager of Food, Land Use, and Water at the World Resources Institute (WRI). With a focus on sustainable resource management, she has been vocal about the impact of armed conflict and illegal economies on environmental degradation in Colombia. In 2024, she described the significant rise in primary forest loss as a major setback, linking it to the stalling of conservation projects and the ongoing violence affecting vulnerable communities.