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Bialowieza Wilderness In Poland Cut By Border Barrier

European Bisons, largest European animal, today present only in Bialowieza Forests are seen resting in natural reserve park as Bialowieza National Park is fully open for tourist for the first time since September 2021 when Poland prohibited entering the zone near Belarus border - July 1, 2022 in Bialowieza, Poland. The ban was lifted as Poland build a 186 kilometer long and 5.5 meter high steel barrier with barbed wire on the Polish - Belarus border, which is as well the border of the European Union and NATO. The decision was made after thousands of migrants, mainly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan tried to cross into Poland from Belarus. Part of the barrier passes through Bialowieza Forest. The decision was highly controversial as Bialowieza wilderness is one of the very few remaining primeval forests and the barrier will destroy natural habitats of endangered animal species. The government of Belarus was accused of orchestrating the migration, with help from Russia. The pressure on the Polish border is today seen as the first step of a larger plan of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to destabilise the European Union. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#8480362
Date Taken	1 July 2022
Location	N/A
Photographer	Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto
Category	Environmental Issue
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto

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