The Puszcza Białowieska, one of Europe's oldest forests, has become a battleground, with environmentalists increasingly concerned about widespread logging in the forest, which is also ground zero for heightened tensions with neighbor Belarus and the ongoing migration crisis. And, all across Poland, increased logging with political motivations has been stirring activist tensions.
A primeval forest has become a battlefield among environmentalists eager to protect it, the state forestry agency keen to log it, and many local residents who like to forage in it.
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