Nayana Udayashankar

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Nayana Udayashankar looks at the intersection between law, policy and marine and coastal conservation at Dakshin Foundation. She has ten years of experience working in the field of environmental justice and governance. Her interest lies in democratising environmental governance. She has worked with mining affected communities on aspects of biocultural community protocols, facilitated workshops on legal capacity building, critically examined tourism from a development lens and advocated for rights of local communities in the tourism context.


Areas of expertise

Environmental law and governance


Currently working at

Previously, I've worked on environmental law, policy and governance with organizations that have focused on tourism, biocultural rights of mining affected communities and inclusive models of marine and coastal conservation.


Articles by Nayana Udayashankar


A sea shoreline with people and boats on the beach_coastal mapping

অক্টোবর 23, 2024
Making their mark: Coastal women and community mapping
Women in Tamil Nadu are bringing new shared spaces to light and participating in local governance through an exercise in coastal commons mapping.
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