Czech NGO complains to EU about Austrian logging

The Czech environmental NGO Hnutí Duha has made a formal complaint to the European Commission about Austrian logging practices on the southern Czech border. The organization believes that the Šumava region has been severely damaged by Austrian logging their side of the state boundary. The NGO has complained that the Austrian land-owners in the area, a company called Schlägl have created vast swathes of bare land both in Austria as well as in neighbouring Germany that literally directly frame the Czech border. While the Czech side is a protected national park, much of the land south of the border is not protected.