Marcus Westberg Photography

@ylva_engstrom Tänk att kalhyggeskramare alltud tycker att @TheLifeOfMarcus bilder är ”orepresentativa”, när de visar EXAKT hur det ser ut i våra fd skogar. Ni tycker också att det ser fördjävligt ut alltså? Tänk att ingen hittills visat mig ”representativa” bilder på hur gulliga hyggena är?…

The Giraffe Conservation Foundation recently provided veterinary support for our GPS satellite collaring and tagging efforts of 13 giraffe species in Boma & Badingilo - including 11 endangered Nubian giraffes. 📸: @TheLifeOfMarcus

Thanks ILCP, for using @Swidstrand s and @TheLifeOfMarcus images for this story! We are working on documenting what Swedens "forestry" and Swedens original forest actually looks like, today. The "forestry" is a pure disaster. Destruction at the same level as in the Amazon.

Read our new @Esri_Conserv Story Map - "See the Forest for the Trees" - exposing Sweden's green myth of sustainable forestry with iLCP Senior Fellows @Swidstrand and @TheLifeOfMarcus storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c3c869… @ArcGISStoryMaps #deforestation #cop27 #savetheplanet #climatechange

Great article/photos by @HenryWismayer @TheLifeOfMarcus @WashingtonPost! Excerpt: «By '80s, Karakalpakstan suffered from some of worst cancer & infant mortality rates in Soviet Union». More than 40Y have passed, Uzbekistan has received billions $, but almost nothing has changed.

#Bhutan was a bit beautiful, to say the least. Wow.

A lone defunct birdhouse stands on a trunk in the middle of deforested land in Sweden. @TheLifeOfMarcus captured this barren scene to highlight what logging considered “sustainable” actually looks like in practice.

@henrywismayer @sophieibbotson_ @Georgina_WP @nikmccaren Sorry mate, I did find out - both photographer and artist - but must have forgotten to tell you.

@sophieibbotson_ @Georgina_WP @TheLifeOfMarcus @nikmccaren Cheers Sophie, I had wondered.

A small dose of imposter-syndrome antidote just dropped through the post.

@lukebainbridge @henrywismayer 🙏

@henrywismayer @TheLifeOfMarcus Congratulations. Great cover mate ✊

An in-depth interview with Yours Truly and @TheLifeOfMarcus in @mongabay about Sweden’s totally un-sustainable forestry practices. Pure de-forestation. Please share widely! @AnnaCarenS @SwedishPM #deforestation #svpol

@henrywismayer Definitely my pleasure!

Props, as ever, to my partner in crime, @TheLifeofMarcus, for the splendid photography. 17/

Here’s my latest piece for @wpmagazine. It's about a dying sea, a metastasizing desert, and the question of why anyone would want to visit the scene of the worst man-made ecological disaster on earth. 1/ washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…

“Only 3% of Sweden’s forestry doesn’t involve clearcutting." That should be "pretty shocking to anyone who hears it, given Sweden’s reputation as a leader of so-called green practices,” @Swidstrand & @TheLifeOfMarcus tells Mongabay's @ErikHoffner: bit.ly/3TpgwcO

@henrywismayer and I spent a bit of time in southern Algeria for @LonelyPlanetMag @lonelyplanet.

Nu kan amerikanska forskare visa att gamla skogar inte ”hamnar i balans” och slutar ta upp kol om de inte kalhuggs, som vissa hävdar. Skogar fortsatte öka sitt kolupptag kontinuerligt i 8 000 år – tills de började avverkas. Läs ⁦@jornspolander⁩ dn.se/sverige/ny-stu…

@sebmodak @henrywismayer Thanks, Seb. Hopefully we managed to do it justice. Pretty spectacular place, to say the least.

from @henrywismayer and @TheLifeOfMarcus, this is the kind of piece that makes me genuinely enjoy being a sometimes-editor, while simultaneously feeling a sudden urge to quit both writing and photography because, I mean, come on, look at this! lonelyplanet.com/articles/alger…

Jag och Elin Åberg följde sökandet efter den som troligen är borta för alltid från Sverige. dn.se/sverige/vem-do…

Ganska anmärkningsvärda siffror. Var är regeringens stödmiljarder för att utveckla/släppa fram/tillåta naturbaserad turism i Sverige? Så fort någon bara säger ordet gruva så rasar miljarderna in. Vad med världens största industri, besöksnäringen?

A view worth building a tower for, apparently. Clear-cutting, it seems, is not only sustainable and good for biodiversity, but also beautiful. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🙄 #weirdtourismsights #visitsweden

När jag pratar med företrädare för regeringen säger de att "Regeringen anser att skyddsvärda skogar inte ska avverkas”. Bra så klart. Samma sak säger de flesta andra partier. Certifieringssystemen har det som krav. Hur kommer det sig då att skyddsvärda skogar ändå avverkas?