In 1939, the then eight-year-old Mr. Skibinski’s teacher set him an assignment to keep a journal, entering one sentence each day over the summer break from school. The fact that this summer break, and all the entries he made during it, occurred in his native Poland…
When it comes to remaining stands of European forest, the Białowieża Forest of eastern Poland and western Belarus is the one most often cited in regard to the importance of its conservation, the significance of the ecological research that takes place within it, and the political controversies in which it occupies a central flashpoint.