Sharks, mangroves and financing nature: a conversation with Tadzio Bervoets‪.‬ We’re (not) doomed.

This week we are virtually travelling to Bonaire to have a chat with the interim director of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, Tadzio Bervoets. We talk about a whole range of topics, which can be best summarized as the many wonders of the environment in the Dutch Caribbean, but also the complexity of managing these invaluable resources. He shares his journey, which started at having a love for diving and tagging sharks to becoming the face of one of the most crucial nature-management organizations in the Dutch Caribbean. We love his down to earth and balanced view about the challenges we face and the work that needs to be done. Despite the many complexities and often being overwhelmed by this, he remains optimistic that we are not doomed.  We thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with Tadzio and hope you will too!