Poland approves logging Europe's last primeval forest

Poland approves logging Europe's last primeval forest Warsaw (AFP) March 25, 2016 - Poland on Friday gave the go ahead for large-scale logging in the Bialowieza forest intended to combat a spruce bark beetle infestation, despite scientists, ecologists and the EU protesting the move in Europe's last primeval woodland. "We're acting to curb the degradation of important habitats, to curb the disappearance and migration of important species from this site," Jan Szyszko, environ ... more

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