EU threatens Poland with fi ne over logging in Bialowieza primeval forest

Abstract

This article describes in detail the disputes between the EU Commission and the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning the legality of forest tree extraction in the NATURA 2000 Białowieża primeval forest environment.

Keywords

• Białowieża Forest
• Natura 2000 network
• nature conservation
• Habitats Directive
• Birds Directive
• EU Court of Justice
• irreparable damage
• logging