Joint press release by EuroNatur, EcoAlbania and PPNEA ++ Bern Convention urges Albanian government to stop construction works in protected Vjosa/Narta area – again ++ Planned Vlora airport near Narta lagoon threatens biodiversity in the Vjosa delta, especially for migratory birds. ++ Vjosa ecosystem endangered despite national park status ++ Strasbourg/Tirana, 4 December 2023. The […]
Way forward for the 1st Transboundary Wild River National Park in Europe Joint press release by the organisations MedINA, Pindos Perivallontiki, The Green Tank, EuroNatur, Riverwatch, EcoAlbania November 28, 2023 – An important step was taken today by the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy with the designation of part of the catchment area of […]
Study: Reforestation proposal for the Vjosa catchment View & Download This study defines clear steps and locations to start an afforestation project in the Vjosa catchment. For centuries, the floodplain and its slopes of the Vjosa valley have been heavily deforested mostly due to pastoralism and firewood extraction, which still continues. This has not only negative […]
++ The EC calls on the authorities to take into account the concerns raised by civil society on the delineation of the network’s boundaries for protected areas ++ Tirana, July 27, 2023. In the Progress Report of the European Commission for Albania in 2022, important environmental issues were highlighted, reinforcing the efforts of civil society […]
Categories"Saving the blue heart of Europe" campaign Activities Activities "Saving the blue heart of Europe" campaign++ The grup of scientists from Albania and Austria assess the delta of the Vjosa river ++ The data will highlight the values of the delta in function of its inclusion in the Vjosa national park of Vjosa++ Narta, Vlora, April 24-28, 2023. An interdisciplinary team of national and international scientists, from Albania and Austria, […]
Kayakers and nature admirers from all over Europe, who started 26 days ago from Slovenia, have arrived in the Vjosa stream. They have described over 17 rivers from different countries of the Balkans, to make the public aware of the importance of preserving these natural pearls with the biodiversity and landscape they offer. The arrival […]
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