Patagonia-backed taskforce publishes roadmap to turn Albania's Vjosa River into national park

Cecilia Keating
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The Vjosa River | Credit: Roland Dorozhani
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The Vjosa River | Credit: Roland Dorozhani

Trail-blazing scheme is designed to protect one of Europe's last free-flowing rivers in perpetuity

Plans to protect one of Europe's last free-flowing rivers took a major step forward this week, after a roadmap and feasibility study for the pioneering conservation project were published. The Vjosa...

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