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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ajit Niranjan European environment correspondent

Poland to halt logging in 10 of its most ancient forests

Logged tree branches lie on a woodland floor.
Białowieża forest. Poland has repeatedly clashed with European courts over its logging of forests despite pressure from the public to protect woodlands. Photograph: Artur Reszko/EPA

Poland’s new climate minister has said she will “get saws out of Polish forests” by limiting logging in 10 of the country’s most treasured woodlands.

Paulina Hennig-Kloska, who was appointed climate and environment minister last month after far-right and nationalist parties failed to form a coalition, said on Monday that the half-year moratorium in forests across the country was the first step to limiting logging.

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