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To understand why hundreds of thousands of people are in the streets, you have to understand what is actually in the land being cleared. This is not empty wasteland being converted to productive use. This is one of the m…
The Guardian reported from the Vjosa-Narta dispute on 12 June, describing the lagoon as an important wetland habitat and focusing on how the proposed development has become a confrontation between mass-tourism ambitions …
There is a direct and unresolved conflict between what Albania's government is telling the European Commission and what environmental organisations and protesters say they are observing at the construction site. Environm…
Sazan Island, a 5.7 square kilometre uninhabited landmass at the mouth of the Bay of Vlorë, holds one of the highest conservation designations in the Mediterranean. As a core component of the Karaburun-Sazan Marine Natio…
The Karaburun Peninsula and Sazan Island together form one of the most biodiverse marine protected areas in the entire Adriatic and Ionian Sea. The combined park supports more than 300 fish species, Posidonia seagrass me…
Each winter, approximately 3,000 greater flamingos converge on the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape — one of the last large intact coastal wetland systems on the Albanian Adriatic. The same lagoon shores provide critical …
The Vjosa River is the last large wild, free-flowing river in Europe. Running 270 kilometres from the mountains of northern Greece to the Albanian Adriatic coast, it has never been dammed. In March 2023 IUCN designated i…
Heavy construction machinery has been operating inside the core of the Pishë Poro-Nartë protected zone since late April 2026. BirdLife International published a detailed documented report on 2 June 2026 accusing the Alba…
Organizations requested full publication of environmental studies before any development proceeds.
Monitoring notes show pressure from tourism access, waste and unregulated anchoring.
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