Tepelen , Albania: Environmental campaigners scored a rare victory in Albania on Wednesday after authorities announced the creation of a national park.
“It might be the highest density of trout species on Earth,” says podcast guest Ulrich Eichelmann of Balkan countries’ riverine legacy, which has become threatened by a tsunami of hydroelectric dam proposals in recent years: 2,796 mostly small hydropower plants are proposed to be built in the next few years, his organization Riverwatch estimates. So […]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) It took a decade of court battles and street protests, but Balkan activists fighting to protect some of Europe's last wild rivers have scored an important conservation victory in Bosnia.