05/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – Unprotected or insufficiently protected old-growth and natural forests in 76 localities in Slovakia, totalling almost 6,500 hectares, will be declared a nature reserve on 1 December 2021, the NGOs OZ Prales and the WWF announced on 5 November. The Slovak government approved the creation of this new reserve on 3 November, which the two NGOs had been calling for to protect the remaining old-growth forests. A petition with more than 30,000 signatures was handed...