The Bialowieza Forest has – for various reasons – long aroused international interest. Following the Second World War the forest was divided by state borders, and its resources are now subject to the sovereign powers of Poland and Belarus. Both states provide protection to the Bialowieza Forest – each to its part and together to the entirety. From the perspective of international law researchers, the latter is particularly interesting, involving as it does both classical cross-border cooperation, including a wide range of entities (local and regional self-government, forest administration, etc.), as well as inter-state cooperation (in bilateral and multilateral forms, e.g. UNESCO). The analysis of these forms of individual cooperation permits a better understanding of the protection issues of the Bialowieza Forest and enhancement of international cooperation.

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保护比亚沃维耶扎森林是对跨国合作的挑战

出于各种原因，比亚沃维耶扎森林（Bialowieza Forest）引起了国际社会的长期关注。第二次世界大战后，森林被国家边界分割，其资源现在由波兰和白俄罗斯统治。这两个州都为Bialowieza森林提供了保护-每一部分都对其提供保护，甚至对整个方面都提供保护。从国际法研究人员的角度来看，后者特别有趣，因为它既进行了经典的跨境合作，也包括了广泛的实体（地方和区域自治，森林管理等）以及国家合作（双边和多边形式，例如教科文组织）。