COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Biodiversity

Advocate general says management of the Bialowieza forest by Poland is in breach of EU law

Brussels, 20/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 20 February, Advocate General Yves Bot said Poland had failed to ensure that its forestry management operations on the Natura 2000 Puszcza Bialowieska site were in line with the habitats and birds directives and did not deteriorate the breeding sites of protected species (Case C-441/17).

In line with the habitats directive (92/43), the Puszcza Bialowieska site – which is made up of the three forest districts of Bialowieza, Browsk and Hajnowka – has come under Natura 2000...