Historic Vjosa River To Become A National Park In Albania To Protect Over 1,000 Species

Albania has announced the Vjosa River as the first wild river national park in Europe after almost a decade of campaigning by environmental Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The Vjosa River flows for 168 miles between Greece’s Pindus mountains through Albania to the Adriatic coast, and is a sanctuary to over 1,000 species of animals and plants, including the endangered Egyptian vulture as well as the critically endangered Balkan lynx. Albania has set an example for the rest of Europe by declaring the park a national park, even though the once-communist nation had previously planned for about 45 hydropower plants in … Continue reading Historic Vjosa River To Become A National Park In Albania To Protect Over 1,000 Species