CategoriesIn MediaBy Ivana Dervishi / BIRN Albanian and foreign researchers discussed the unique wealth of biodiversity of the Vjos River and asked the Albanian government for a 3-year moratorium on its use for hydropower. About 50 professors and researchers signed on Wednesday a request addressed to the Ministry of Environment in Albania for the implementation of […]
CategoriesIn MediaBy Ivana Dervishi / BIRN A group of sportsmen, environmental activists and political figures from the country and Europe joined forces to try to convince the Albanian government to withdraw from the hydroelectric plants on the Vjosë river and declare it a national park. The Slovenian athlete, Rok Rozman enthusiastically throws the “floating petition” – […]
CategoriesIn MediaBy Top Show / Top Channel In the first part, hydropower plants in Valbona are discussed. Valbona Valley will be subjected to HPPs. Over 25 km of the Valbona River, permits have been granted to build 14 HPPs – considered by civil society as investments against nature, 9 of them will be built within the […]
CategoriesIn MediaOn Wednesday, the government presented to investors the potential of the Vjosa river for the construction of hydropower works. The Ministry of Energy says that the study carried out by a foreign company envisages the construction of 9 hydropower plants along the course of the river. The first contract was signed in 1997, while the […]
Environmental activists are opposing in Albania the projects for the construction of hydropower plants on the Vjosa river and its tributaries. They demanded the cancellation of these projects, the declaration of the Vjosa valley as a National Park and a 3-year moratorium on constructions on Albania’s rivers. The social groups “Friends of Vjosa”, “To protect […]
CategoriesIn Media“We will transform the valley of Vjosa into a national park to prevent barbarization by hydropower plants and to develop tourism, economy, agriculture, to strengthen the family economy by increasing the number of visitors to this large park of Vjosa.” This was the promise of Prime Minister Rama during an electoral rally in Tepelena, in […]
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