Staffan Widstrand is an artistic photojournalist from Sweden.
10 awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the year competition.
Nature Photographer of the Year in Sweden 2001.
Founding member of the Swedish Ecotourism Association.
Co-founder of the "Big Five Swedish national carnivore information center"
in Jarvso, Sweden.
Founding member of the ILCP.
Initiator of the Swedish nature tourism quality label "Natures' Best".
Published 9 books
His favorite story topics are nature travel, outdoor action, ecotourism,
wildlife (especially large carnivores), indigenous cultures, environmental
issues, hunting and fishing. From 1998-2004 he ran a media project called
"The Scandinavian Big Five", which attempted to cover as many aspects as
possible of the five large Scandinavian carnivores - the wolf, bear, lynx,
wolverine and man. He is a board member of the Swedish Ecotourism Society
because he believes ecotourism is an extremely useful tool to promote
conservation, local sustainable development and genuine goodwill among tour
guides, tourists, and the local people. He is now busy building up the major
nature communication initiative Wild Wonders of Europe.
'Wild Wonders of Europe is about sharing the amazing natural wonders of our continent with
700 million Europeans and the World! Our aim is so that we can all
better reconnect to this wonderful heritage, enjoy it more and take
care of it more wisely for the future.'
