Poland says will go on logging ancient forest despite EU court ruling

Record ID: 904823

  • Title: Poland says will go on logging ancient forest despite EU court ruling
  • Date: 31st July 2017
  • Summary: BIALOWIEZA FOREST, POLAND (FILE - 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS WILDLIFE IN BIALOWIEZA FOREST PLAQUE WITH DATE OF ENTRY OF THE FOREST INTO THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST (1979) CYCLISTS PASSING LOGGED TREES VARIOUS TREE STUMPS IN FOG
  • Embargoed: 14th August 2017 15:08
  • Keywords: Bialowieza Forest UNESCO EU
  • Location: BIALOWIEZA FOREST, WARSAW, POLAND
  • City: BIALOWIEZA FOREST, WARSAW, POLAND
  • Country: Poland
  • Topics: Environment
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026S1S8QV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Poland said on Monday (July 31) it would continue with the "protective" logging of the country's primeval Bialowieza forest despite a ruling by the European Union's top court ordering it to stop immediately.
    Asked if Poland would continue what it has described as necessary felling to check in a beetle outbreak, a representative of the state forest management agency told a joint news conference with Environment Minister Jan Szyszko.
    "The State Forests are obliged to continue protective measures. We have to fulfill the protective measures plan and this is what we are doing," Konrad Tomaszewski said.
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