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Do the threats to Bia艂owie偶a, Europe's last primeval forest, come from an insect or from the Polish government? The Bia艂owie偶a Forest stretches across Poland and Belarus and the Polish authorities argue that logging is necessary to protect trees against an infestation of the spruce bark beetle. Several environmental groups disagree and say the logging violates the European Union's programme protecting an eight-thousand year-old ecosystem. Alan Weisman is a science journalist, and the author of The World Without Us.

Picture: This file photo taken on August 20, 2010 shows trunks in Poland"s Bialowieza forest. Credit: MITREGA/AFP/Getty Images