In a ruling on Tuesday 17 April (Case C-441/17), the EU Court of Justice finds that forestry management by Poland on the Natura 2000 Puszcza Bialowieska site is in breach of EU law. The Court takes the view that implementation of logging threatens the integrity of the protected site.
In 2007, in line with the “habitats” directive, the Commission approved the designation of the Natura 2000 Puszeza Bialowieska site. Due to the propagation of the bostryche typographe bark beetle, Warsaw...