Poland’s ‘priceless’ primeval forest pits environmentalists against state

Poland’s ‘priceless’ primeval forest pits environmentalists against state

(MENAFN- AFP)

Stopping by a giant oak tree in Europe's largest surviving primeval forest, environmental journalist Adam Wajrak pauses in admiration.

"The trees here were born when the United States did not exist yet, when electricity had not been invented," said the journalist, who moved to a village in the vast Bialowieza forest 25 years ago.