Poland violated EU laws by logging in Białowieża forest, court rules
by Arthur Neslen from Environment | The Guardian on (#3MY3Z)
Judge dismisses claims by Polish government that logging was necessary to protect ancient forest from outbreak of bark beetles
The EU's highest court has ruled that Poland's logging in the Unesco-protected BiaAowieA1/4a forest is illegal, potentially opening the door to multi-million euro fines.
At least 10,000 trees are thought to have been felled in BiaAowieA1/4a, one of Europe's last parcels of primeval woodland, since the Polish environment minister, Jan Szyzko tripled logging limits there in 2016.
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