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NIC SALAZAR

 

Born in Buenos Aires, Chilean and British, Nic is an award winning campaigner, editor, writer,  action researcher, community builder and climate activist based in London.

 

Nic is the Founder and Director of Guardians Worldwide CIC, based in the Borough of Southwark and also in Nairobi and Kano (Nigeria).

 

Guardians Worldwide is an alliance of minority and indigenous community leaders from over 20 nations worldwide working for the protection of ancestral forests, especially in Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya and UK. 

 

Nic is also Editor of Minority Rights Group, based in London, Budapest and Kampala, where he works advancing the rights of minorities and indigenous people. 

 

He is a Consultant for The Tenure Facility, a Stockholm based NGO devoted to advancing land tenure for forest-dwelling indigenous people in nine countries across the Americas, Africa and Southeast Asia.

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Nic is also a guest lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

 

Previously, he was Associate Professor in Transformational Practices at the University of Leeds. Nic has also worked at University of Surrey, London School of Economics and University of Essex.

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Nic holds a PhD in Media and Conflict Studies from Goldsmiths College and an MA in Research from Royal Holloway.

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