Vítor da Silva is an indigenous-rights researcher, ethnographer and storyteller. He has a background in anthropology, human rights, and is a trained criminal investigator.

 

He has conducted fieldwork with different indigenous communities around the world, including: the Maasai tribe in Kenya, the semi-nomadic Changpa people in the Indian Himalayas, and the Noke Kuin people in the Brazilian Amazon - among others.

 

He holds a MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and he’s a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER).