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Restoring a 12,000-year-old forest to help defend Poland’s border

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Restoring a 12,000-year-old forest to help defend Poland’s border

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Mongabay reports the following. ENC is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with Mongabay, which released it. POLAND — Białowieża Forest. Białowieża Forest, one of Europe’s last remaining primeval forests, straddles the border between Poland and Belarus. Its wetlands and ancient trees support a dazzling array of life, but decades of drainage, drought and fragmentation have left the ecosystem under pressure. Now, it faces a new challenge. As the threat from Russia […] Original link: https://news.mongabay.com/video/2026/10/restoring-a-12000-year-old-forest-to-help-defend-polands-border/

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