Poland has been given 15 days to comply with a court order to end logging in one of Europe's oldest forests or face daily fines of 100,000 euros, the Euro News website reports today (November 21, 2017).
The ruling has been made by the European Court of Justice and relates to large-scale logging in the Bialowieza forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site on the border between Poland and Belarus.
The latest controversy between the European Union (EU) and an obstinate Poland -- there have been several nasty controversies between the two in recent months -- was sparked by the country's bold decision to triple logging quotas in the area last year.
The EU has warned Poland that this forest logging must cease, as it threatens the habitats of the rare birds and animals that live in the forest, including the European bison.
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