CategoriesIn MediaGuests on “Wake up” Top Channel TV: Prof. Aleko Miho from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Besjana Guri from EcoAlbania to talk about the scientists’ request for a 3-year moratorium on HPPs in Vjosa. Albanian and European scientists against HEC. Gathered together to inform the government to review the environmental assessment reports once again, […]
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 MediaThe Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry Gëzim Musabelliu, taking into consideration a repeated concern of environmentalists about the ban on the construction of the HPP in the Vjosa river, said that it has been decided that this area should be declared a national park. But he clarified that what has been built so far […]
CategoriesIn MediaBy Esmeralda Keta / BIRN Numerous hydropower projects seek to tap the wild Valbona River and the many mountain streams that feed it, putting the environment and tourism-generated income at risk. The Valbona River is one of the most rapid rivers of the Albanian Alps, with cold and crystalline water, waterfalls and picturesque canyons, which […]
CategoriesIn MediaAmid the applause of hundreds of spectators and protesters from the Vjosa valley, mainly from the areas directly affected by the construction of the Poçem hydropower plant, kayakers from Albania, Slovenia, Greece, Italy, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and the USA marched with their kayaks in the middle of the capital. One of them was Rok […]
CategoriesIn MediaChronicle from Fiks Fare / Top Channel In the Valbona river, an area protected with the status of a National Park, 11 concessional permits have been granted for the construction of 11 Hydropower plants with small production capacities. The permits were granted in 2008 and 2009, as well as a part of them in 2013. […]
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