Yale Environment 360: Renata Krzysciak-Kosinska The Bialowieza Forest in Poland. Despite intense protests from environmentalists and scientists, Poland began logging the Bialowieza Forest this week, the last remaining fragment of Europes ancient woodlands and a World Heritage site. The forest, covering more than 350,000 acres, is home to the continents largest population of European bison and 20,000 other wildlife species. Polish officials said the logging is to remove spruce trees dead or dying from a bark beetle infestation,...