Bialowieza: Poland to resume logging in primeval forest
Poland is to resume logging in the primeval Bialowieza forest.
The forest, a Unesco World Heritage Site shared with Belarus, was the centre of discord between the EU and Poland from 2016 to 2018.
Logging was suspended in 2018 after the European Court of Justice ruled that Poland had broken EU law by felling trees that were older than 100 years.
The government says logging is needed to clear paths and protect trees from an infestation of spruce bark beetle.
Officials have been working on new forest management quotas to increase tree felling, and the Polish climate and environment ministry signed new quotas for two of the three forestry districts on Tuesday.
The European Commission has previously threatened Poland with financial penalties if it does not comply with the ECJ ruling.
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