‘Poland is a state governed by the rule of law, therefore respecting the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice’ comments the Minister of the Environment Henryk Kowalczyk upon the Advocate General’s opinion on the Białowieża Forest, issued on 20 February.
Against NGO activists’ and some scientists’ assumptions, bark beetle gradation in the Białowieża Forest does not seem to decline. In fact, the spruce tree dieback is more and more intensive.
The Directorate-General of the State Forests has approved the necessary sanitation cuttings in the Białowieża Forest Districts.
Recognising the need for rational and sustainable management, as well as for raised standards of protection, the Board of the Podlaskie Province expresses its concern for the well-being of the unique environment of the Białowieża Forest and adjacent areas.
Opinion of the Scientific Council for Forestry reporting to the Prime Minister of Poland on the dieback of spruce stands in the Białowieża, Browsk, and Hajnówka Forest Districts that comprise the “Białowieża Forest” Promotional Forest Complex (PFC)
Position of the Białowieża Forest World Heritage Site Steering Committee on taking into account the current degradation of stands in the Białowieża Forest resulting from spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) gradation when formulating the management plan for this public good.
For more than a dozen years now we have been witness to a dispute over the way in which the Białowieża Forest – a natural treasure of the Podlaskie Province, of Poland and of Europe – should be managed and protected.
The Scientific Council of the Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Kórnik, wishes to draw attention to the highly damaging attempts to politicise the public debate on the condition and the future both of the entire Białowieża Forest and of its commercial parts, which are managed by the State Forests National Forest Holding (the State Forests).
Communication sent to the world by the AFP, and the text subsequently published on 03/26/2016 by The Guardian on the Bialowieza Forest contain inaccurate information that "Poland allows large-scale logging in the last old-growth forest in Europe”.
What you should know about the Białowieża Forest and the European spruce bark beetle that attacks it.
….you will never hear ecologists say.
