RSSEurope's Oldest Forest Almost Gone
Posted 24 July 2003 by Jason Judge
The BBC reports that trees in the last remaining tract of Europe's original forest are being cut down, to the dismay of Polish naturalists. Bialowieza will lose its natural character, because it will no longer be allowed to regenerate naturally. The trees are in the Bialowieza forest, in some respects a treasure comparable to the Amazon rainforest.
The official in charge says he is saddened by the government's acquiescence in the felling. Polish conservationists are demanding European Union pressure to halt the destruction. Although the trees concerned are infested with insects, they say, the forest's antiquity means it should be left entirely to nature.
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