The EU’s executive commission earlier this year sued Poland at the European court of justice (ECJ) over logging in the Białowieża forest, a Unesco World Heritage site. The ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has also tripled the quota of wood that can be harvested in Białowieża. They have been holding regular protests to try to halt the logging and Unesco has also appealed to Poland stop cutting down the trees. “If Polish authorities do not respect the (ECJ) decision, it will be in serious conflict with EU law,” said Agata Szafraniuk, a lawyer at ClientEarth, an environmentalist group. Poland still has several days to react to the ECJ interim decision.

Source: The Guardian July 28, 2017 16:41 UTC