Greenpeace protests mass logging of old-growth forests in Carpathian Mountains

By VANESSA GERA
Associated Press.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Greenpeace activists are calling on the Polish prime minister to take action to protect Poland’s forests, asking in particular that this government limit the harvesting of timber in the old-growth vast forest of the Carpathian Mountains. Greenpeace says that a forested area the size of five soccer fields disappears every hour from the Carpathians, which run through parts of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Ukraine. They held a news conference on Wednesday after a 40-day expedition in an effort to raise awareness about the threats to a forest which is home to bears, lynx and other wildlife.