Explore Białowieża Forest, one of the last remaining primeval forests in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Straddling ...

Very little of it has ever been farmed, large areas have never been logged, and it is home to threatened and almost archaic animals such as European bison (some 30 per cent of the wild population), ...

WWF is deeply concerned by Polish environment minister Jan Szyszko’s reported call for the ancient Białowieża Forest to be stripped of UNESCO's natural heritage status as the government continues to ...

The State Party of Belarus submitted a state of conservation report on 18 February 2008. From the report it is evident that the State Party considered that only the strictly protected 5,235 ha of the ...

Entering Poland’s Białowieża National Park through an enormous hand-hewn wooden gate, I felt like I had passed through a fairy-tale portal. Inside, my guide and I faced a hardpacked dirt trail leading ...

The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has today issued an opinion in which he confirms that it was unlawful to increase logging in the Białowieża Forest. The final ...

Explore Białowieża Forest, one of the last remaining primeval forests in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, this ancient woodland is home to the ...

Clear guidance statements for addressing threats to the OUV, Guidance for integrating border security issues into the overarching capacity to protect the property’s OUV, A catalogue of active forest ...