Albania's Vjosa River

About this episode

Dr Olsi Nika discusses the Vjosa River in Albania and the efforts to protect it through the establishment of the Vjosa Wild River National Park.

The Vjosa River in Albania is one of the largest of the last free running rivers in Europe and recently it was protected with the new Vjosa Wild River National Park. The Vjosa sources from the mountains of Greece and flows north through Albania where it meets the Adriatic Sea. Eco Albania has led much of the work to create this National Park and our guest Dr Olsi Nika founded Eco Albania. Dr Nika tells us about this long and beautiful river in his home country, how people in Albania use this river, about life in Albania, and how they did the work to protect this river.

People in this episode

Host: Sam Carter

Guest: Dr Olsi Nika

Topics covered

• environment
• river conservation
• Albania
• ecotourism
• national parks

Keywords

• Vjosa River
• Albania
• Eco Albania
• river conservation
• national park
• Adriatic Sea
• environmental protection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eco Albania, Vjosa Wild River National Park

Places: Albania, Greece, Adriatic Sea, Vjosa River

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