Activists in Poland fight to halt logging of primeval forest

Conservationists believe the fate of the Bialowieza Forest, which straddles Poland and Belarus, is more threatened than at any time since the communist era due to a new Polish government plan for extensive logging in parts of the forest.

The forest plan is one of many controversial changes that have come with the election last year of a conservative populist party, Law and Justice.

In the case of Bialowieza, government officials are blaming their predecessors for financial losses from the strict limits on logging.