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Marlena Chertock is the Communications Specialist, Governance at the World Resources Institute.
Prior to joining the WRI, she worked at the Society for Science & the Public and interned with various media organizations, including Marketplace, WTOP, USA TODAY, News21, and Education Week.
She received a bachelor's degree in Journalism and a Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House notation from the University of Maryland.
Marlena has two books of poetry, Crumb-sized (Unnamed Press, 2017) and On that one-way trip to Mars (Bottlecap Press, 2016). She writes freelance articles on green technology for Electrical Contractor Magazine and often moderates or speaks on panels at literary conferences.
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Peru’s Indigenous Communities Manage Their Forests. Others Should Follow Their Lead
Peruvian indigenous communities have shown themselves to be exceptional environmental and conservation leaders. Their leaders have worked for a decade to ensure a government commitment to conserve 54 million hectares of forest, as a part of the REDD+ program.