The pristine Rospuda Valley is saved from the construction of 'Via Baltica' international road corridor but other key Natura 2000 sites in North East Poland are still at risk from road building.Zoom In | Hi-Res
Via Baltica - Poland's nature under threat
Key Natura 2000 sites in North-East Poland have been under threat from damage by a series of road projects on the so called ‘Via Baltica’ international road corridor, which will link Helsinki to Warsaw via Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The corridor upgrade was taking place as a series of separate individual projects (an approach commonly referred to as ‘salami-slicing’) rather than being planned in a strategic way. When the individual projects are being planned, the obligations of the nature Directives were not being properly taken into account.Read more …
