After positive developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the Federal Prime Minister and his government have pledged to take legal steps immediately and protect the country's Blue Heart rivers, there is very promising news coming from Albania. Vjosa, one of Europe’s last big wild rivers might be saved from hydropower development.
On September 25th, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that the Kalivaç dam project was rejected and that the area will become a national park. The Vjosa Wild River National Park would become Europe’s largest river conservation site covering several hundred kilometers of rivers and streams and protecting hundreds or even thousands of species like the globally endangered European eel and the recently discovered Vjosa stonefly.
This would be a huge achievement for Albania and the rest of Europe, and the park could become a role model for the Biodiversity Strategy within the framework of the Green Deal. Looking forward to more good news about concrete actions for permanent and full river protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and the rest of the Balkan's Blue Heart region.
Photo: Oblak Aljaz
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