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 […]
CategoriesIn MediaThe history of the Vjosa river in a documentary. Film about the campaign “Saving the blue heart of Europe”Guests: Olsi Nika, Besjana Guri on Wake Up / Top Channel.
CategoriesIn MediaBy Gjergj Erebara / BIRN Repeatedly, the government has banned various things. And repeatedly, no one has felt what the government has banned. The moratorium on forests will likely suffer the same fate. Many years ago, Albania decided to stop using riverbeds to extract sand and gravel for construction. The arguments for stopping the practice […]
CategoriesIn MediaBy Gjergj Erebara / BIRN The current government has so far launched two concession procedures for large hydropower plants, both following the same flawed procedures of the previous government, only this time, with even less transparency. In 2003, the World Bank conducted a study on the potential of hydropower generation in Albania. The study concluded […]
CategoriesActivitiesToday is a special day in the environmental calendar, May 15 coincides with Endangered Species Day. Unfortunately, the number of threatened species is very large, as a result of the destruction of habitats, human influence, wrong policies, etc. Today is the right moment to pay special attention and to raise public awareness about endangered species. […]
CategoriesIn MediaChronicle from the Voice of America Gathered together environmentalists and residents of the area, in cooperation with the German association RiverWatch, demand the declaration of Vjosa National Park. They intend to block plans for hydropower projects on the river but leave it free to develop ecotourism.
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