Our guest for this episode is Tin Dalida, Chief Operations Officer at Wovoka. Wovoka's mission is to empower communities to grow sustainable Southeast Asian forests through high-quality, nature-based carbon solutions. They have a growing pipeline of additional upland forest and mangrove restoration and conservation projects in the Philippines. In this episode, Rene and Tin talk about different topics like project development, blue carbon, co-benefits, the importance of mangroves, and the challenges project developers face.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:58 Tin’s journey & Wovoka’s work

03:42 Blue carbon and its potential

06:29 The role of mangroves for ecosystems

8:37 Mangrove protection benefits local communities

11:06 Why nature-based solutions?

15:25 Challenges as a project developer

21:33 Financing challenges

24:56 Tin’s motivation to go on with her work