Why do we need NGO's to protect the environment?

Welcome to another episode of We’re (not) doomed. Today we’ll be talking with Arjan de Groene, a program coordinator at the WWF who focuses on the Caribbean Netherlands. With Arjan, we cover a whole range of topics: we talk about his work and approach when it comes to protecting the environment and the somewhat debated role of NGO’s when it comes to protecting the environment. We also talk about the challenges he encounters with protecting the environment of the Caribbean, and discuss whether these challenges are really so much different compared to other countries or islands. Both Tim and I have worked with Arjan previously and we were very happy he wanted to join us on our podcast.