Marcus Westberg Photography
@TheLifeOfMarcus
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Photojournalist focusing on the relationships between humans, wildlife and the environment. Currently working to expose Sweden’s Green Myth with @swidstrand.
Sweden
Joined February 2013
@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?…
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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
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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
https://t.co/s4MbgENw1a
@ArcGISStoryMaps #deforestation #cop27 #savetheplanet #climatechange
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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
https://t.co/s4MbgENw1a
@ArcGISStoryMaps #deforestation #cop27 #savetheplanet #climatechange
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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.
The surrounding region is desiccated, stark, barren. On the Ustyurt Plateau, there are nomad cemeteries and abandoned villages. The prevailing motif is death. 10/
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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.
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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
“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:
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“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:
news.mongabay.com
Over a decade ago I traveled around Sweden to view its forestry practices – the country has a gigantic forest products industry that largely transforms trees into paper products and biomass pellets...
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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
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Ny studie i Sceince visar att skogar kan fortsätta att växa och lagra kol under flera tusentals år.
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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! https://t.co/aT0Wot9fBC
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On a visit to Algeria, writer Henry Wismayer and photographer Marcus Westberg venture into the country’s awe-inspiring (and seldom visited) interior.In another…
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Jag och Elin Åberg följde sökandet efter den som troligen är borta för alltid från Sverige. https://t.co/Ex8Lu6f1k3
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I sommar är det tre år sedan någon såg den sist. DN följer sökandet efter den lilla fjärilen och svaret på frågan: Vem dödade den?
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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?
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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
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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?
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Northern Sweden may have a bit of a mosquito problem… 😳😳😳
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"Calling anywhere that has trees a forest is like calling a zoo a savannah because there are lions there." - @TheLifeOfMarcus on deforestation in Sweden @Stockholm_CM
#wilderness
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