Daniel De Granville is a Brazilian-born biologist, nature photographer and tour guide living in the region of the Pantanal and Bonito for over twelve years. He dedicated most of his career to nature photography and ecotourism-related works, including environmental consultancy, implementation and guiding of birdwatching programs, professional qualification courses and production jobs for media companies and scientific researchers. His first book, the Bonito Field Guide, was published in 2005.

Daniel’s pictures have been published in the National Geographic Magazine, besides promotional matter from the Conservation International and partnership projects between UNESCO, the United Nations Foundation and the Brazilian Ministry of Environment, among others.

During his career, Daniel has worked at Refúgio Ecológico Caiman (Pantanal) as a guide and Field Supervisor, and was the Manager of Pousada Araraúna/Ippan, a partner of Uniderp – University for the Development of the State and the Pantanal Region. In Bonito, he held the position of Environmental Manager at Recanto Ecológico Rio da Prata and Estância Mimosa Ecoturismo, and has been a consultant for the Best Practices in Ecotourism Program held by the Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity. Daniel currently works at Hot Spot Brasil, a services office whose major areas of activity are ecotourism, environment, nature photography and graphic arts.

He has also guided, assisted and done production jobs for media companies such as the National Geographic Magazine, The Animal Planet, "Ushuaia Adventure" Series (TF1 Broadcast - France), BBC - British Broadcast Company, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and Globo Television Network (Brazil), besides renowned photographers like Joel Sartore, Jeremy Woodhouse, Jeffrey Rich and Paul Konrad (USA); Frans Lanting (Holland); Fritz Pölking (Germany); Staffan Widstrand (Sweden); Luis Mazariegos (Colombia); Araquém Alcântara, Fabio Colombini, Haroldo Palo Jr, Luciano Candisani, Valdemir Cunha and Zig Koch (Brazil).

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See National Geographic Magazine recommendation letter.
See the author’s photographic skills.

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