Dakshin Foundation

Dakshin Foundation’s mission is to inform and advocate conservation and natural resource management, while promoting and supporting sustainable livelihoods, social development and environmental justice. Their work aims at building community capacities for conservation and the benefits thereof. The marine component of their work focuses on biodiversity and resource monitoring, including sustainable fishing and a marine flagships programme which includes sea turtles, sharks and rays, sea snakes and coral reefs, in each instance engaging the community in monitoring and conservation initiatives.