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Szyszko said Poland would be happy to help spread European bison to other EU countries (Photo: Alexxx Malev)

Poland seeks support for logging in ancient forest

The Polish government has opened an exhibition in the European Parliament to justify logging in the primeval Bialowieza forest.

"We want to save the forest from its false defenders, who would allow the forest to rot away before our eyes,” said Jadwiga Wisniewska, the MEP from the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party who organised the event.

Poland’s environment minister Jan Szyszko attended the event's opening on Wednesday (31 August).

Bialowieza - located on Poland’s easter...

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Szyszko said Poland would be happy to help spread European bison to other EU countries (Photo: Alexxx Malev)

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