Bialowieza forest

A visit to these ancient natural sites is like going back in time thanks to trees and forests that are thousands of years old.

Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, the 8,000-year-old Bialowieza Forest is a very special place. Here, in Europe’s last primeval forest, it is possible to see one of the world’s rarest…

When the first Neolithic families migrated to Ireland around 4000 BCE they found an island that was overwhelmingly forested, with at least 80% tree cover. Primordial, post-glacial woodlands of oak,…

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A new plan by the Polish government will allow loggers to harvest more than 180,000 cubic metres of wood from Europe’s last old-growth lowland forest over the next ten years.

Białowieża - thought of as the crown jewel of Poland’s national parks - is Europe’s last remaining primaeval forest, and dominated by massive oak trees dating several centuries. Spilling across the border into Belarus, Białowieża was declared a royal hunting ground back in 1541; a move which

Bialowieza NP - guided tour into the restricted area, in the heart of the ancient forest, Poland Image available with: www.anzenberger.com/en/article/60160.html (c) www.schickhofer-photography.com

Very few ancient forests are still in existence today. But here are some you can visit.

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The Polish government is opening part of the Bialowieza Puszcza to logging, threatening one of Europe's last untouched natural forests.