Nina KANTCHEVA

Senior Policy Adviser, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement, UNDP

Nina Kantcheva is a Sr Policy Adviser on Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Engagement @UNDP & co-founder of Tushevs Aerials, an initiative to democratize drone technology that includes design, building, data processing & capacity building for IPLCs, organizations & individuals to use drones for env goals. Nina has been a Strategic Adviser for Tribal Link Foundation for over a decade, helping produce its flagship capacity building training for Indigenous Peoples, Project Access; establish partnerships etc. Nina aims to use her privileged access to be an ally & open up political space for essential but marginalized voices like those of IPLCs & women. We cannot solve the emergencies of climate change and biodiversity loss without IPLC knowledge, experience, decision-making, so Nina works to establish and support work that places the needs and priorities of IPLCs at the center.