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.

In this episode, the following topics will be discussed:

00:00Introduction
01:58Tin’s journey & Wovoka’s work
03:42Blue carbon and its potential
06:29The role of mangroves for ecosystems
08:37Mangrove protection benefits local communities
11:06Why nature-based solutions?
15:25Challenges as a project developer
21:33Financing challenges
24:56Tin’s motivation to go on with her work