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 […]
CategoriesIn MediaAnnette Spangenberg from Euronatur and Besjana Guri from EcoAlbania have recently explained the cause of Vjosa in Euronatur magazine (click here and here to browse the magazine) highlighting the main points where where this cause has stalled. In September 2020, Prime Minister Edi Rama declared that his government had declared the “upper part of the Vjosa” a National Park […]
CategoriesIn MediaResearch into the composition of the subsoil in the Vjosa valley in the vicinity of Përmet worried environmentalists during the month of April. Various media reported that companies such as “Shell” or “Geotec Spa” had started drilling according to a geophysical survey to find oil and gas resources. Residents of Dëshnica in Përmet said that […]
CategoriesIn MediaThe Dutch network for forwarding electronic materials on the Internet, “WeTransfer”, supported on April 28, 2021 the issue of protecting Vjosa by declaring it a “National Park”. The company placed the Vjosa valley as a background image with the inscription “Forever Vjosa!”. Users were invited to help raise awareness for the cause by watching and […]
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