CategoriesActivitiesAs part of the “Save the Blue Heart of Europe” project, EcoAlbania has visited six elementary and secondary schools in the Vjosa valley to educate students from the ages of 10 to 18 about environmental issues. Besjana Guri and Robert Shahini gave presentations in the classroom about the importance of ecosystem health, after that they […]
CategoriesPress Release Give voice to river protection++ One of the largest science petitions in global freshwater ecology calls to stop Vjosa dam projects in Albania ++ Scientists demand Albanian government to respect scientific standards in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Kalivaç hydropower project ++ Tirana, 15.2.2020 In a remarkable press conference in Tirana on February 15th, Albanian scientists, supported by colleagues […]
CategoriesActivitiesThe international and Albanian freshwater science community raise their voices to warn of the severe consequences of the proposed dams on the Vjosa (and her tributaries). Listen to the many aspects of concern, including erosion of the coastline, loss of biodiversity, threat of dam break due to earthquake-prone area, loss of economic income and many […]
CategoriesActivitiesDiversification of energy production sources, as a form of avoiding the construction of hydropower plants on the Vjosa River was the topic that Vjosa’s friends brought together in the next meeting. The meeting took place on January 29, 2020 in Tirana, while it was triggered by a new project that the organization EcoAlbania intends to […]
CategoriesActivitiesJanuary 10, 2020. Photography exhibition “Kuchedra – Life on the Last Wild River in Europe” by American photographer Nick St. Oegger opened in Tirana today. The carefully curated exhibition by the photographer himself paints a picture of the way of life of communities living along the Vjosa valley and the threats to the last wild […]
CategoriesPress ReleaseCommission: The Albanian Government to implement the recommendations issued in 2018 + The issue of the Pocem and Kalivac hydropower plants from the Bern Convention + Strasbourg, Tirana, 8 December 2019. The Standing Committee of the Berne Convention has decided to keep open the case against the Albanian government over the Poçem and Kalivac hydropower plants planned to be built […]
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