%0 Journal Article %T The Bark Beetle in the Bia£żowie£ża Forest in the Light of the Latest Jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union %J - %D 2018 %X The subject of this article is the problem of spruce bark beetle in the Bia£żowie£ża Forest. The author analyzes what influence human activities have on the Bia£żowie£ża Forest in relation to the bark beetle gradation. The article also discusses the impact of the recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the protection of the primeval forest in the light of recent actions of the authorities of the Bia£żowie£ża Forest. The Court's ruling is an important signal for the communities involved in the protection of the Bia£żowie£ża Forest that at all costs should be protected those remnants of forests that surround us, even at the cost of greater profits. And the spruce beetle became a symbol of the battle for the Bia£żowie£ża Forest, showing what the forest is for us. The author points to the Court's Decision as an important signal for the communities involved in the protection of the Bia£żowie£ża Forest that at all costs should be protected those remnants of forests that surround us, even at the cost of greater profits. The Bark beetle became the symbol of the fight for the Bia£żowie£ża Forest. The forest which is one of the best preserved primeval forest complexes in Europe %K Bia£żowie£ża Forest %K Bark Beetle %K Pine %K Spruce %U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=218&doi=10.11648/j.ajaf.20180604.14