Campaigners hail major victory as Polish government announces the saving of Rospuda Valley
Today’s announcement by the Polish government that the Rospuda Valley, a Natura 2000 protected area, is not to be devastated by a major bypass road has been hailed by campaigners from CEE Bankwatch Network, OTOP – BirdLife Poland, Greenpeace Poland and WWF Poland as a major victory for the environment, for Polish and European law and for the general public interest. Robert Cyglicki, Polish (...) »
Building permit for the expressroad through pristine Rospuda Valley cancelled by the court
In February 2007 – paradoxically during the celebrations of World Wetland Day in Warsaw which were dedicated to the unique mires in Rospuda Valley - the previous Minister of Environment Jan Szyszko signed a “death sentence” for the Valley by accepting the environmental conditions proposed for (...) »
Via Baltica road through the Rospuda Valley illegal
Warsaw, September 16, 2008 – The Highest Administrative Court (NSA) in Poland has ruled that the section of “Via Baltica” expressroad (the bypass of Augustow city) planned to cut pristine wetlands in Rospuda river Valley within a protected Natura 2000 site is illegal. The judgment of the court is (...) »