A judicial process is opened for the Poçem hydropower plant in Vjosa
++The hydroelectric project on the last wild river in Europe is planned to be built without a proper Environmental Impact Assessment or public participation++Legal precedent
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The government ignores everyone – signs the contract for the construction of the Poçem HPP
Press release from Ecoalbania Tirana, on 01.11.2016. The Ministry of Energy has published the announcement about the signing of the contract with the Turkish company
Residents affected by the construction of the Poçem HPP demand a public hearing
06-07.10.2016, Çorrush, Kuta, Mallakastër. After the lack of public consultation on the construction of the Pocem hydropower plant and the authorities’ negligence to consider their
How to appeal to the court – Training of local CSOs
On October 5, 2016, the training “The right to go to court for environmental issues” took place, part of the series of trainings developed within
228 scientists from 33 countries of the world in support of the last wild river in Europe
Joint press release from RiverWatch, EuroNatur and EcoAlbania ++Scientists request a ban on the construction of hydropower plants for 3 years on the Vjosa River
The Grouping “Protect the rivers” is formalized
The “Protect the Rivers” group, although informally, has started to operate as such since 2015, coordinating joint actions: lobbying, advocacy, citizen response, etc. against the