Greenpeace, Poland agree on Europe's last primeval forest

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Source: AFP

WARSAW (AFP) – After three days of protests, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday it had agreed with Poland on ways to protect the country's Bialowieza forest, Europe's last first-growth woodland.

"Thanks to today's agreement, logging will take place outside zones that are naturally precious. It's a great step forward in protecting this unique forest," Robert Cyglicki, head of Greenpeace Poland, told reporters about the accord with the environment ministry.

On Wednesday, six Greenpeace activists from Poland, Austria, Finland and Hungary scaled the environment ministry building in Warsaw and strung a huge banner featuring an enormous heart saying "I love puszcza" (I love the forest), which was meant as a warning against logging Bialowieza.

Fearing the issue will come up again next year, Greenpeace also wants the expansion of the Polish national park which currently covers some 17 percent of the Bialowieza forest.

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