CategoriesActivitiesOn February 18th and 23rd, EcoAlbania organized the screening events to present the documentary Wild Vjosa (Vjosa e Egër). The events were organized in Përmet in collaboration with Cevsi Albania and in Tepelenë with with the support of the Municipality of Tepelenë. While the Tirana screening was organized on February 23rd and will be followed by the last screening […]
CategoriesPress ReleaseTirana, January 27, 2022. Yesterday, the Albanian government declared the Vjosa River a Nature Park (a category IV protected area) instead of declaring it a National Park, as requested by activists for years. A Nature Park is not the same as a National Park. The category of Nature Park does not protect the Vjosa River and its tributaries from destruction and does not offer the same opportunities for the development of eco-tourism in the area as the category of National Park (a category II protected area).
CategoriesActivitiesThe last wild river in Europe is in danger and National Park status is the only level of protection that can save it. After a decade of efforts to protect Vjosa River, the supporters of the cause are gathering to request the Prime Minister of Albania to proclaim Vjosa a National Park as soon as […]
CategoriesPress ReleaseTirana October 19, 2021. The Bureau of the Permanent Committee of the Berne Convention, at the last meeting, called on the Albanian government to review the plans for the construction of the Vlora airport. The committee shared the deep concern regarding the plans for the urbanization of the Vjosë-Nartë protected area and, emphasizing the known […]
CategoriesPress ReleaseTepelena/Brataj Albania, Vienna, Radolfzell, June 3, 2021. From May 29 to June 6, a group of scientists from Austria, Albania, Italy and Germany, collected multidisciplinary data from the two major Vjosa tributaries Shushica and Bence. This research week is a follow-up of a comparable undertaking at the Vjosa in 2017 (HYPERLINK), which contributed substantially to our […]
CategoriesReportsA study conducted by Dr. Andrej Sovinc in cooperation with IUCN, Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) and IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) This report provides insight into the rationale and feasibility of declaring a protected area for the Vjosa Valley, along with the management objectives and associated protected area categories that would ensure […]
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