‘We have an emotional problem in society. Nowadays people are told that only leaving nature to itself will yield results, and this is an action that is pro-environment and pro-nature. This is not true,” said Paweł Sałek, Member of Parliament for Law and Justice, former Deputy Minister of the Environment and former Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland.
Paweł Sałek, in a conversation with Marta Piasecka and Rafał Porzeziński, referred to the fifth anniversary of the late’s death. Prof. Jan Szyszka
He was a man who gave his life for Polish nature and Polish forests, despite what some people still say in a very ugly way. He was a man involved in our environmental affairs, from the private and scientific side – a private poppy station in Tuczno at the Regional Directorate of State Forests, in the former PGR areas, where there were garbage and swamps. The professor bought it back and founded a private scientific station because he believed that the independence of science was crucial and he had made great achievements in the field of science.
– noted Paweł Sałek.
Today his name is being fought against. An example of this is that a few weeks ago the meeting room named after him at the General Directorate of Forestry was closed. Today is the anniversary of the professor’s death. He died a few hours before leaving for Białowieża, so you could say he was on duty. This is a rather mysterious situation, because it happened at home when his wife literally went to the store for 15 minutes, and then the professor left us.
– revealed Sałek.
Later there was a large funeral attended by several thousand people and it involved a man who, contrary to what was said, had experienced a lot from different people and organizations. The professor did a lot to defend Polish forests and land
– noted the opposition politician.
Media campaign
Porzeziński recalled that Prof cones’ plan regarding Białowieża was good, but it could not be defended because the “media roller” did its job and today “Białowieża is rotting”.
This concept with which Prof. he fought, believing that Białowieża as a whole forest complex should be actively protected through intelligent ecological engineering. Where there are pressures from various abiotic or biotic factors in the forest, people need to be involved through their actions. It was about combating the spruce bark beetle. This was prohibited at the time and to this day there is a court ruling that is valid on this subject and at this point actions that prevented the degradation of this area have been stopped.
– he assessed.
The current rulers of the Ministry of Environment and Climate believe that the concepts currently in force in Białowieża from a natural and ecological point of view, related to nature conservation, have not worked in Białowieża, and that biological diversity there is disappearing, for which there is a very serious evidence. However, it appears that this concept must be implemented nationally, because, for example, in the context of discussions in the government coalition, a coalition agreement was signed stating that we must exclude 20% of energy production. of use. forests in Poland
– Added Sałek.
Infantile attitude of a section of society
The presenters noted that ecologists do not accept that nature in Poland, long before their arrival, was surviving on its own much better than they think.
Here we have an emotional problem in society. Nowadays people are told that only leaving nature to itself will yield results, and this is an action that is pro-environment and pro-nature. This is not true. This is a very serious situation; These processes have been intensively stimulated over the past eight years from external funds in relation to a large professional group consisting of approximately 25-28 thousand people. Polish forest rangers. A forester in Poland was always the first naturalist, he lived and cared about it
– said the PiS MP.
Today we are reaching a situation where people are told that cutting down or clear-cutting a tree, that is, obtaining wood – the most ecological material, is an act of violence against nature. Society is led to believe that the forest ranger is a criminal against nature because he cuts down a tree from which we make a table or a chair.
– he added.
Forests in Poland have been cut down in an orderly manner for business reasons for about four centuries
– he emphasized.
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Source: wPolityce
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