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Balkan Rivers
- Politiko, 21.6.25: Scandal/ Large amounts of oil spilled in Vjosa National Park, is UNESCO status at risk?
- The Energy Mix, 9.6.25: Two Albanian Activists Earn Goldman Environmental Prize for Protecting One of Europe’s Last Remaining Wild Rivers
- Balkan Insight, 23.5.25: Fight to Protect Albania’s ‘Wild River’ Isn’t Over, Say Environmental Prize-Winners
- The Press Project, 22.5.25: The Vjosa is drying up: Greece fails to protect one of its last wild rivers
- Geographical, 21.5.25: Can Europe’s last wild river remain free?
- Vijesti, 19.5.25: Montenegrin Society of Ecologists and EuroNatur: Suspend plans for the construction of the "Komarnica" hydroelectric power plant
- Patagonia, 2025: A River Runs Through Them
- Citiziens, 8.5.25: When nature meets concrete: The high price of Vlora Airport
- Vox, 24.4.25: The "Nobel Prize for the Environment" is won for the first time by two Albanian activists
- Balkan Insight, 15.1.25: How the ‘Amazon of Europe’ Is Paying the Price of Hydropower and Poor River Management
- Balkan Green Energy News: 13.12.24: Vjosa campaign declares victory against small hydropower plants on Shushica river
- Fair Observer, 10.11.24: The Dam Dilemma: Europe’s Natural Rivers in Crisis
- Balkan Green Energy News: 4.10.24: Balkan River Summit 2024 held in Podgorica
- Balkan Insight, 21.8.24: Victorious Una River Protests a ‘Symbol of Resistance’
- Washington Post, 17.8.24: Jared Kushner wants to turn a wild stretch of Albania into a luxury resort
- euronews, 7.8.24: Protesters fight to prevent ‘illegal’ construction on the Una, one of the most unique Balkan rivers
- Balkan Green Energy News, 29.7.24: BiH demands from Croatia to stop destruction of Una river spring
- Osservatorio, 22.7.24: The battle for the Shushica Valley
- Balkan Insight, 10.7.24: Delta Force Revisited: Albania’s Wild River Estuary Needs Saving from Bulldozers
- Canadian Geographic, 28.6.24: Exploring the Vjosa: Europe’s last great free-flowing river
- Le Monde, 17.6.24: In Albania, 'Europe's last natural delta' is threatened by Donald Trump's son-in-law (paywall)
- In the Loop Fly Fishing Magazine - Issue 38: Balkan Rivers: A Fish Hotspot at Risk
- The Nature Conservancy, 9.5.24: River Champions
- Yale Environment 360, 9.4.24: Jared Kushner Has Big Plans for Delta of Europe’s Last Wild River
- Balkan Insight, 28.2.24: ‘Even Bees Will Die’: River Diversion Threatens Albania’s Shushica Valley
- Euractiv, 8.1.24: Europe’s rivers at risk due to hydropower plants, human interference
- Balkan Insight, 28.11.23: Campaigners for Bosnia’s Threatened Neretva Can Learn From Albania
- The Guardian, 17.11.23: It’s one of Europe’s last pristine rivers. Can scientists save it from 50 dams?
- CNN Philippines, 20.10.23: Scientists are fighting to save the ‘blue heart’ of Europe
- Balkan Green Energy News, 22.9.23: Environmentalists take hydropower project Skavica in Albania to Constitutional Court
- New York Times, 18.9.23: Discovering Albania’s Timeless Vjosa River
- Balkan Insight, 15.9.23: North Macedonia Activists Vow to Save Pristine Mountain From Developers
- CNN, 10.8.23: Scientists are fighting to save the ‘blue heart’ of Europe
- Green European Journal, 5.6.23: Protecting Nature, Empowering People: Environmental Protests in the Balkans
- National Geographic, 5.5.23: How a wild river became a national park—and sparked a movement
- Lonely Planet, 6.4.23: Albania boasts Europe's first wild river national park - here's why you should visit
- New Scientist, 5.4.23: Europe's first Wild River National Park is great, except for one thing (paywall)
- Adventure Travel, 23.3.23: Vjosa: Europe’s First Wild River National Park
- radio FM4, 22.3.23: Vjosa - Europe's first Wild River National Park
- The Guardian, 22.3.23: ‘The hydropower goldrush’: how Europe’s first wild river national park saw off the dams
- Indo & NY, 21.3.23: "The Blue Heart of Europe": After years of protests: Vjosa in Albania becomes Europe's first wild river national park
- Smithsonian Magazine, 17.3.23: One of Europe’s Last Free-Flowing Rivers Declared a National Park
- The Guardian, 15.3.23: ‘Historic moment’ for nature as Europe’s first wild river national park announced in Albania
- Euractiv, 26.1.23: Albania’s Vjosa takes step to become Europe’s first Wild River National Park
- Balkan Insight, 26.1.2023: BIRN Fact-Check: Could Montenegro’s Army Protect Rivers From Illegal Exploitation?
- euobserver, 2.11.22: The River Oder catastrophe - Poland is about to make it worse
- Balkan Insight, 27.10.22: North Macedonia Pays Dear for Cancelled Power Plants
- Mongabay, 19.10.22: Podcast: Science that saves free-flowing rivers & rich biodiversity
- Euractiv, 19.10.22: Belgian-based company causes environmental uproar in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Balkan Green Energy News, 14.10.22: Albania issues permits for seven hydropower plants on Gostima river
- Balkan Green Energy News, 6.10.22: Concessions revoked for seven small hydropower plants on Shar Mountains
- National Geographic, 20.9.22: A ‘tsunami’ of hydropower threatens some of Europe’s last wild rivers
- Balkan Green Energy News, 28.7.22: CEE Bankwatch: Southeast Europe hydropower investment risks are high and rising
- Exit News, 22.7.22: Comment: Skavica Dam — The Last Thing Albania Needs
- Much better adventures, 18.7.22: Inside the Fight to Save the Vjosa, One of Europe's Last Wild Rivers
- Balkan Green Energy News, 11.7.22: No more permits for small hydropower plants in Federation of BiH
- The Washington Post, 10.7.22: Balkan activists keep fighting for Europe’s last wild rivers
- Balkan Insight, 7.7.22: Bosnia Greens Celebrate as Federation Bans Small Hydropower Plants
- Science, 24.6.22: In the Balkans, researchers mobilize to protect a wild river
- Osservatorio Balcani, 23.6.22: A national park for the Vjosa, the last wild river in Europe
- Washington Post, 13.6.22: Albania enlists Patagonia to make wild Vjosa River a park
- Balkan Green Energy News, 8.6.22: One more step to definitely ban small hydropower plants in FBiH
- Balkan Insight, 7.6.22: Bosnia’s Federation to Ban Small Hydropower Plants
- ekathimerini, 6.6.22: Saving one of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers
- Balkan Green Energy News, 17.5.22: Over 200 dams removed across Europe in 2021
- Balkan Green Energy News, 2.5.22: Federation of BiH to suspend issuance of permits for small hydropower plants
- Kosovo 2.0: Europe's last wild river
- Balkan Insight, 22.3.22: Albanian Villagers Still Fear Dam Threat to Wild River
- Balkan Green Energy News, 22.3.22: World Water Day 2022 – increasing importance of groundwater
- The Nature Conservancy, 25.2.22: The Blue Heart of Europe
- Balkan Green Energy News, 2.2.2022: Hydropower projects in Federation of BiH failing, KfW exits
- The Globe and Mail, 30.1.22: The fight to save the Vjosa, one of Europe’s last wild rivers
- Balkan Insight, 28.1.22: German Bank Won’t Finance Bosnian Power Plant, NGOs Say
- Earth Island Journal, Winter 2022: Saving Europe's Blue Heart
- Exit News, 4.1.22: Three Hydropowers in Theth National Park and Shala River Receive Backing from China
- Deutsche Welle, 14.12.21: The controversy around Balkan hydroelectricity
- Balkan Insight, 29.11.21: Kosovo’s Top Court Suspends Hydropower Plant Water Permit
- Euractiv, 15.11.21: Rural Balkan communities fight back, and win, against hydropower plants
- Osservatorio, 8.11.21: Slovenia: young environmentalists and the pandemic, the unexpected consequences
- Aljazeera, 7.11.21: Flash floods in Bosnia prompt evacuations, power outages
- Osservatorio, 30.7.21: Serbia, fighting for the environment in fragile areas
- National Geographic, 12.7.21: Will dams spoil one of Europe’s last wild rivers?
- Exit news, 19.6.21: Bosnian Women Win Award after Occupying Bridge for 503 Days to Prevent Hydropower Plant Construction
- Exit news, 9.6.21: The Battle for the Vjosa River Continues With Scientific Exploration of its “Precious” Tributaries
- euronews.green, 31.5.21: Campaigners continue to fight to keep Europe's last wild river truly wild
- Exit news, 28.4.21: International Organisations: Albania’s New Government Must Protect Vjosa River Now
- Exit news, 27.4.21: Residents of Kelcyre and Permet Protest Against Shell Oil Exploration on Banks of Vjosa River
- Balkan Green Energy News, 26.4.21: Legal toolkit produced to help activists protect rivers from hydropower projects
- euronews, 15.4.21: Is hydropower the controversial solution to Europe’s clean energy problem?
- Balkan Green Energy News, 5.4.21: Rama: No chance hydropower plants would be built on Vjosa river
- Exit news, 23.3.21: Patagonia CEO: Hydropower Plants are not Green, Albanian Government Stop Decimating Balkan Rivers
- Balkan Green Energy News, 3.3.21: Vjosa Forever film release: Future of Europe’s largest unspoilt river hangs in balance
- SAVI-Study: Why Albania Should Shift Away From Hydropower and Preserve the Last Free-Flowing River in Europe
- Exit news, 15.2.21: Comment: Is the Tide Turning on Balkan Hydropower Projects?
- Exit news, 11.2.21: Environmental Groups Pressure Albania to Save Europe’s Last Wild River
- Balkan Insight, 10.2.2021: Albania Urged to Save Wild River by Proclaiming National Park
- CBS News, 26.1.2021: Lake of garbage: Every winter pollution is swept from overflowing landfills into Balkan waterways
- bne Intellinews, 26.1.2021: BALKAN BLOG: Only better waste management can clean rivers of trash
- Balkan Green Energy News, 18.1.2021: Montenegro stops licensing new small hydropower plants
- IISD, December 2020: Why Albania Should Shift Away From Hydropower and Preserve the Last Free-Flowing River in Europe
- Balkan Green Energy News, 3.12.2020: Montenegro’s new cabinet to ban small hydropower, revise concessions
- Balkan Green Energy News, 19.11.2020: Federation of BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for small hydropower plants from 2021
- Euractive, 6.10.2020: Activists win battle, not war, against hydropower in the Western Balkans
- Euronews, 26.9.2020: What is the Blue Heart of Europe and why does it need saving?
- Balkan Green Energy News, 23.9.2020: Leonardo DiCaprio backs campaign to protect Bosnian rivers
- Osservatorio, 28.7.2020: Hydroelectric power in Bosnia: between moratorium and abuse during lockdown
- Balkan Green Energy News, 3.7.2020: Parliament of Republic of Srpska rejects motion to ban on small hydropower plants
- Sarajevo Times, 1.7.2020: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina bans Construction of small Hydropower Plants
- Balkan Green Energy News, 19.6.2020: 40 artists back Blue Heart campaign to protect Balkan Rivers on occasion of World Music Day
- Balkan Green Energy News, 23.4.2020: Investors taking advantage of corona crisis to build five small HPPs in BiH
- Balkan Green Energy News, 29.1.2020: Blue Heart of Europe – hydropower is destroying environment for hardly any energy
- Politiko, 21.6.25: Scandal/ Large amounts of oil spilled in Vjosa National Park, is UNESCO status at risk?
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Primary and old-growth forests
- DW, 29.4.25: Italy's appetite for wood fuels Albanian forest crisis
- Osservatorio, 15.4.25: Appetite for wood: disappearing forests of Albania
- EU Reporter, 7.5.24: Illegal logging plagues Romania
- The Guardian, 22.10.23: ‘A Yellowstone for Europe’: Romania’s ambition for a vast new wilderness reserve
- Euractiv, 13.9.23: Romanian NGOs urge EU Commission to enforce moratorium to protect local forests
- euronews Romania, 14 August 23: Comisia Europeană spune că planul României privind restaurarea pădurilor nu este satisfăcător. ”Este îngrijorată de numărul tăierilor ilegale”
- euronews, 8 June 23: MEPs shocked by logging threat to Romania's ancient woodlands
- ICIJ, 29 March 23: Reporters share behind-the-scenes stories from Deforestation Inc.
- Inside Climate News, 5 March 23: Environmental Auditors Approve Green Labels for Products Linked to Deforestation and Authoritarian Regimes
- Esquire, 4 March 23: There Is a Rot Beneath the "Green" Labels on a Lot of Forestry Products
- OCCRP, 28 November 22: Eastern Europe’s Biggest Wood Processor Demanded Free Timber From Suppliers For Years
- Terra Mater, 18 November 22: Why the EU Energy Crisis Fuels Severe Logging, even in the US
- Romania-Insider, 14 November 22: Romania’s Environment Ministry is preparing large-scale afforestation campaign
- Le Monde diplomatique, November 2022: Romania’s forests are riddled with corruption (Paywall)
- New York Times, 7.9.22: Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy
- Newsbeezer, 9.7.22: EU, ultimatum for Romania on deforestation issue: “You have three months to solve the situation”
- Euronews, 31.5.22: How illegal logging is threatening Romania's unique virgin forests
- Innovation Origins, 17.5.22: Romania’s natural forests are in danger and modernization is lagging behind
- Wort fm, 22.3.22: IKEA’s Vampire Capitalism in Romania’s Old-Growth Forest
- Fresno 24, 11.3.2022: The accusations against Ikea about deforestation in Romania
- ABC News, 23.2.2022: Green groups say Romania failing to stop illegal logging
- Energy Transition, 20.1.2022: Romanian Power Move: Decarbonization means burning wood instead of coal
- Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 12/21: Primeval Forests, Natural Forests and Managed Forests in the Context of the Biodiversity Debate and Climate Protection
- The New York Times, 15.3.2021: The Making of a ‘European Yellowstone’
- Al Jazeera, 2021: 'Lungs of Europe': Romania under severe illegal logging threat
- Deutsche Welle, 28.1.2021: Living Planet: Romania's forest defenders under attack by "wood mafia"
- Today Headline, 29.11.2020: Illegal Logging Threatens Ancient Old Growth Forests of Romania
- Al Jazeera, 26.11.2020: ‘Timber Mafia’ threatens the future of Romania’s ancient forests
- Emerging Europe, 21.9.2020: Emerging Europe’s primeval forests are in danger
- Voxeurop, 3.9.2020: How timber smugglers are destroying Europe’s last primeval forests. Part I: The Romanian Eldorado
- Habitat, 19.6.2020: Le ultime foreste primitive d’Europa sono in pericolo. E anche chi le difende
- OCCPR, 7.5.2020: Oak and Omerta in Romania: Saving the Lungs of Europe
- Osservatorio, 6.4.2020: Timber mafia and deforestation in Romania
- euronews, 16.3.2020: Romania's virgin forests ravaged by 'wood mafia'
- META, 13.2.2020: Illegal logging in Romania must stop, says the European Commission
- euronews, 13.2.2020: Brussels threatens Romania over illegal logging in primary forests
- France 24, 12.2.2020: EU Commission warns Romania over illegal logging
- OZB, 4.2.2020: Hope for Romania’s forests
- Le Courrier, 2.2.2020: La dernière forêt vierge d’Europe
- The Guardian, 8.1.2020: Violence escalates as Romania cracks down on illegal timber trade
- DW, 29.4.25: Italy's appetite for wood fuels Albanian forest crisis
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European Green Belt
- Osservatorio, 27.2.23: Save Lake Prespa, a natural treasure among three Balkan states
- Emerging Europe, 28.10.2020: Unity in the Western Balkans is vital to preserving the biodiversity of the Sharr Mountains
- Balkan Green Energy News, 28.4.2020: Shar Planina conservation values
- Euractiv, 3.10.2019: Long read: From Cold War death strip to pristine ecological habitat
- BBC future, 22.8.2019: The wildlife heaven in a Cold War 'death strip'
- Osservatorio, 27.2.23: Save Lake Prespa, a natural treasure among three Balkan states
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Large Carnivores
- Balkan Insight, 21.4.24: Bears Stray into Political Territory in Romania and Slovakia
- Euractiv, 26.11.24: NGOs, experts make last push to uphold wolf protection status
- Earth Island Journal, 12.11.24: Stray Dogs Emerge as a Threat to the Balkan Lynx
- Smithsonian Magazine, 17.10.24: Can Lynx Be Saved in the Balkans?
- Euractiv, 25.9.24: EU countries support proposal to lower wolves’ protection status (paywall)
- TVP World, 21.7.24: Romanian government could violate EU law if new bear culling quota is approved, wildlife NGOs say
- Sloboden Pecat, 14.3.24: Melovski from MED: Macedonia will save the Balkan lynx by importing from abroad
- Foreign Policy, 23.9.23: Who’s Afraid of Europe’s Big, Bad Wolves?
- France 24, 2.8.23: Running wild: stray dogs threaten rare Balkan lynx
- Balkan Insight, 16.6.23: Romanian Animal Rights NGO Fights Planned Bear Cull
- The Connexion, 21.2.23: First wolf aggression towards man since animal’s return to France
- Barron's, 18.11.22: Battle to save ghostly Balkan lynx from extinction
- Global Voices, 23.9.22: The wolf is being targeted and killed in North Macedonia
- Global Voices, 21.9.22: Macedonian mountains are full of abandoned dogs which are threatening the endangered lynx
- Balkan Insight, 16.5.22: Robertina Brajanoska: North Macedonia’s Nature is Still in Danger
- Karmactive, 5.5.22: Just Over 30 Balkan Lynx Left In The Wild
- Exit - Explain Albania, 23.2.22: Albanian Court Criticised for Failing to Prosecute Balkan Lynx Poaching Case
- Osservatorio, 1.2.22: "We are losing the Balkan lynx"
- Romania Insider, 4.11.2021: Bear right: Local NGO and TV producer Charlie Ottley launch call for new bear sanctuary in Romania
- Reuters, 1.7.2021: North Macedonia national park offers lifeline for endangered lynx
- euronews, 30.12.2020: Why Romania's new environment minister could be bad news for Europe's biggest brown bear population
- National Geographic, 6.5.2020: World’s rarest seal finds refuge on notorious prison island
- The Times, 11.4.2020: Lynx claws its way back from verge of extinction
- Balkan Insight, 21.4.24: Bears Stray into Political Territory in Romania and Slovakia
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Migratory Birds
- Politiko, 9.7.25: EP urges Albania to halt controversial projects damaging the environment
- Mongabay, 16.5.25: Countries failing to stop illegal bird killings despite 2030 commitment: Report
- Down to earth, 15.5.25: Millions of birds around Mediterranean littoral being illegally killed, countries failing to stop it: Report
- The New York Times, 23.4.25: The Latest Battleground for Luxury Tourism: Albania’s Adriatic Coast (paywall)
- Deutsche Welle, 3.3.25: Balkan bird hunting: Illegal methods rife
- Politiko, 17.2.25: Environmentalists oppose the inclusion of the German city in Vlora airport
- The Telegraph, 9.2.25: Trump’s Gaza Riviera real estate dream is already under way – in Albania
- etrafica, 20.1.25: Italian poachers posing as tourists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Balkan Insight, 15.1.25: Albania Greenlights Jared Kushner Plan to Develop Island as Luxury Resort
- Osservatorio, 3.1.25: Bulgaria, a sanctuary for the red-breasted goose
- euronews, 18.5.24: Why is Trump’s son-in-law allowed to build in Europe’s first wild river national park delta?
- Reuters, 4.4.24: Jared Kushner's planned Albania resort stokes fear and hope in coastal town
- Osservatorio, 9.2.24: Balkans: save the vultures
- Kyiv Post, 4.2.24: OPINION: Plundering the Western Balkans with EU’s Tacit Acquiescence – Part 2
- Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 23.1.24: Southeast Europe: Plundering the Western Balkans
- Euractiv, 18.9.23: Bern Convention: Vlora Airport row will make its way into EU membership talks
- euronews, 15.9.23: 33 organizations demand suspension of construction work on Vlora Airport
- Arte, 14.7.23: Flamingos of Flights?
- France 24, 15.6.23: Airport threatens Albania's fragile wild paradise
- VOA News, 15.2.23: Environmentalists Say New Airport Threatens Albanian Lagoons
- Euractiv, 30.1.23: Albanian environmentalists protest Vlora Airport construction
- Reuters, 29.1.23: Environmentalists protest airport project near Albanian bird sanctuary
- Exit News, 9.12.22: Bern Convention asks Albanian Government to Cease Vlora Airport Construction
- Euractiv, 24.11.22: Albanian environmentalists sue state over controversial airport
- Balkan Insight, 23.11.22: Albanian Environmentalists Challenge Vlora Airport Contract in Court
- The Guardian, 21.9.22: Albania’s pelican colony was bouncing back. Now it faces the threat of a new airport
- Deutsche Welle, 15.7.22: Rewilding: How vultures could save an ecosystem
- Balkan Insight, 11.4.2022: Avian Flu Threatens Pelican Population on Montenegrin Lake
- Balkan Insight, 19.10.2021: Montenegro Acts on Abandoned Salt Flats Vital to Migratory Birds
- Politiko, 9.7.25: EP urges Albania to halt controversial projects damaging the environment
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