Poland faces €100,000-a-day fines over illegal logging in BiaÅ‚owieża forest

Poland is given two weeks to end its destruction of the Unesco-protected forest in a landmark ruling by the European court of justice

Poland has been given two weeks to stop illegal deforestation in the Unesco-protected BiaAowieA1/4a forest or face fines of at least a100,000 a day.

In a precedent-setting ruling that will echo across the EU, the European court of justice ordered Poland to show it was acting lawfully in the ancient woodland, or face a a36.5m (32m) annual penalty.