Poland’s government has agreed to a suspension of logging in the primeval Bialowieza Forest after the Greenpeace protest this week.

An agreement has been reached by minister of environment Andrzej Kraszewski and Greenpeace activists protesting against logging in primeval Bialowieza Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site in eastern Poland.

The organization’s campaigners ended their protest action, which began earlier this week, on the roof of the environment ministry building in Warsaw, which they climbed to fly a banner saying “I love Puszcza/ Forest”.

Under the agreement, no more trees will be felled until the end of this year’s nesting season. The ministry pledged to limit logging in the future.

“We think in the same way about the importance Bialowieza Forest. We also think about protecting the whole forest, by including it into the national park and thereby reducing logging in this priceless expanse of wood”, said minister Kraszewski.

Robert Cyglicki from Greenpeace Poland said the ministry will examine logging plans and pinpoint areas where it should be stopped. Another important point, he informed, concerns the future of Bialowieza Forest. “The ministry promised to realize a consistent policy to reduce logging,” said Cyglicki. (kk)

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