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WARSAW, Poland — Hundreds marched in Warsaw on Saturday to protest widespread logging in Europe’s last primeval forest, a project undertaken by Poland’s conservative government. The ruling Law and Justice party has allowed increased logging in the Bialowieza Forest, a vast woodland that straddles Poland and Belarus, alarming environmentalists who say it threatens a natural treasure. The march came several days after Environment Minister Jan Szyszko called for Bialowieza to lose its UNESCO natural heritage status. “The Bialowieza forest was granted UNESCO natural heritage status illegally and without consulting the local community,” Szyszko said.

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