Poland approves large-scale logging in Europe's last primeval forest
by Agence France-Presse from Environment | The Guardian on (#18AP9)
Greenpeace accuses government of ignoring scientists over fate of BiaAowieA1/4a woodland, home to 20,000 animal species and Europe's tallest trees
Poland has approved large-scale logging in Europe's last primeval woodland in a bid to combat a beetle infestation despite protests from scientists, ecologists and the European Union.
The action in the BiaAowieA1/4a forest is intended to fight the spread of the spruce bark beetle.
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