BIALOWIEZA, Poland (Reuters) - Environmental campaigners chained themselves to logging equipment in Poland's ancient Bialowieza Forest on Wednesday in protest against the government-backed felling of trees in the UNESCO World Heritage site that straddles the Belarus border.
Poland's conservative government says the forest, which includes tracts of Europe's last primeval woodland, is under attack from beetles and needs to be protected through increased logging. It has tripled the quota of wood to be harvested.
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