Background
Brazil was born in Worcestershire, England, and studied at Keele University, Staffordshire where he graduated with a double honours Bachelor degree in Biology & English Literature in 1977.
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In 1981 he received his Doctor of Philosophy from Stirling University, Scotland for his thesis The behavioural ecology of the Whooper Swan.
Career
He worked for many years with Japanese natural history television (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Science) and then Television New Zealand (Television New Zealand) and Natural History New Zealand (NHNZ). He has also worked for various other television companies, including the British Broadcasting Corporation and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio, as a scientific advisor. From 1998 to 2009 he was professor of Biodiversity and Conservation at Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido.
Since 2007 he has been a freelance natural history and travel writer, an editor of scientific papers, and a frequent leader of international expeditions for Zegrahm Expeditions. previously scientific advisor/researcher for Natural History Television New Zealand.
Currently: author, editor, lecturer and expedition leader. Brazil has been "Wild Watch" columnist for The Japan Times newspaper from April 1982 to March 2015, the longest running single-author natural history column in any newspaper.
Also writer in residence for JapanVisitor.com since June 2011.
