Baleia is a freelance environmental photojournalist based in southern Brazil, with extensive experience in the forests of the Amazon. His interest in wildlife started in 1991, when he founded a non-profit aquatic mammal study group and took part in the Cetacean Specialist Group for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Today, he covers the environment and science for National Geographic Brazil as well as news agencies including Folhapress and Reuters TV.

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