From September 1–3, EcoAlbania, with the support of EuroNatur, Riverwatch and Patagonia, organized a press trip along the Vjosa River, Europe’s first Wild River National Park. The aim was to bring national and international journalists face-to-face with the ongoing environmental threats identified in EcoAlbania’s recent Mapping of Threats report. A River of Global Significance Under Pressure Since […]

Kuç, Shushicë – April 5, 2025. Residents of the Shushica Valley continued their protest this Saturday against the Himara Aqueduct project, which aims to extract water from the Lëpusha spring – the source of the Shushica River. Representatives from 36 villages demanded an immediate halt to the works and the removal of machinery from the […]

Tirana, 17.03.2025 – EcoAlbania released its latest Report “Mapping of Pressures in the Wild River Vjosa National Park,” a crucial document identifying and analyzing the main threats endangering the ecological integrity of the Vjosa River and its major tributaries, including Drino, Shushica, and Bënça. The report analyzes pressures from the extractive industry, urban activity, irrigation, […]

Tirana, January 29, 2025  –  This Monday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released an assessment report about the controversial water abstraction project from the Shushica River, a vital tributary of the Vjosa River within Albania’s Vjosa Wild River National Park (VWRNP). With the project, the Albanian government aims to divert water to […]