Our Belovezhskaya Pushcha, the National park, Biosphere Reserve,
and National World Heritage Site, is in danger! In ancient
times, most of Europe was covered by dense, impassable forests,
but now only disconnected islands remain of those primeval
areas. Located on the border between Poland and Belarus,
Belovezhskaya Pushcha is the largest of these surviving
woodlands. In recognition of its unique status as the last
remaining primary deciduous and mixed forest in the European
lowland, Belovezhskaya Pushcha has been named to the World
Natural Heritage List, declared a Biosphere Reserve, and awarded
the European Diploma for Protected Areas. The current situation
in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha Despite its protected status, the
Belovezhskaya Pushcha finds itself in great danger. Management
methods now being applied in the park are threatening to destroy
this unique treasure of the past. Powerful financial managers
appointed as directors of the National Park are cutting down
healthy trees. Intensive economic activity