The topics of living sustainably and conserving as much as we can has become more mainstream than ever. Though it may seem like a good thing, the burnout with related issues has become equally as pervasive. Especially in Taiwan, where green energy may be in plan and action but daily plastic wastes doesn’t seem to be on the minds of most people. Thus, Taiwan is a great case study to examine why reaching certain conservation goals still seems impossible. Today’s discussion includes talk about the 30x30 initiative, what governments can do to help NGOs, and good versus bad examples of conservation practices in Taiwan and around the world.

In this episode, Dr. Aziz Mulla, a post-doc at National Taiwan University, speaks with guests from two NGOs: Fabio Grangeon and Guillaume Brissaud from Wild Ocean Taiwan and Chialing Fong from Turtle Spot Taiwan.

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