The new status of Albania's river Vjosa is a major conservation milestone. But plans to open an airport on the river's delta next year soured the celebrations, says Graham Lawton
Aerial view of a beautiful Vjosa river, near Earcove, Nemercka mountains, Gjirokastra district, AlbaniaLAST month, I spent a few days in Albania to attend a conservation milestone, the declaration of Europe’s first
. The river Vjosa, which rises in Greece and flows through Albania into the Adriatic, is Europe’s last great free-flowing river, meaning it is uninhibited by dams or artificial banks from source to sea.
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