Belarus: Timber
(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Belarus on the effect on the environment of logging in the Bialowieza forest.
This question was answered on 16th October 2017
The UK has been a long-standing advocate of environmental protection. Logging operations taking place in the Bialowieza Forest have occurred in the part of the forest located on Polish territory despite an order from the European Court of Justice to halt the practice. We have made no formal representation to the Belarusian Government on this issue.