EU court orders Poland to stop logging in Białowieża forest
by Reuters from on (#2XQPV)
European Union's top court orders an immediate halt to large-scale logging in the Unesco-listed ancient forest
The European Union's top court has ordered Poland to immediately halt large-scale logging in an ancient protected forest, one of many cases that has pitted the nationalist, eurosceptic government in Warsaw against the bloc.
The EU's executive commission earlier this year sued Poland at the European court of justice (ECJ) over logging in the BiaAowieA1/4a forest, a Unesco World Heritage site.
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