Poland: Deforestation

(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-441/17 Commission v Poland (Białowieża Forest) in April 2018, what representations they have made to the government of Poland about deforestation in that country.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 12th April 2021

HMG are monitoring the management of the Bialowieza forest and acknowledge the statement by Poland's National State Forest on 15 March concerning Poland's implementation of the 2018 judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union. We will continue to work with Poland, building on the successes of COP24 held in Katowice, while we look ahead to a successful COP26 in Glasgow later this year.

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