Belarus called on UNESCO to prevent the politicization of the problem around the Polish border in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. This was stated by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic Sergei Maslyak. He recalled that as a result of Poland's construction of the border fence, the greatest concern is its impact on the environment and on animal populations. The problem was commented on by Taras Sipko, Candidate of Biological Sciences, employee of the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Chairman of the Committee for the Study of Bison, Bison and Musk Oxen of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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