River Summit in Belgrade POSTPONED

May 19, 2023 /

1+++ POSTPONED+++ We invite you to the public event “Right to Rivers”, a meeting of activists, experts and everyone else who works for rivers and nature in Serbia. The event will take place in Belgrade on May 26th.

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Prime Minister Edi Rama, Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert, and Minister for Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro signed official declaration of Vjosa Wild River National Park © Anika Konsek

Major success: River Vjosa becomes National Park

Mar 20, 2023 /

At a formal ceremony in Tepelena this morning, Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama and his Minister of the Environment and Tourism Mirela Kumbaro declared the River Vjosa a Wild River National Park. As from today, the entire River Vjosa in Albania from its border with Greece to the Adriatic sea and its free flowing tributaries – a river system totalling more than 400 kilometres in length – have the very high level of protection.

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Vjosa near Tepelene © Christian Baumgartner

Vjosa Wild River National Park: vision, roadmap, and feasibility study

Jan 24, 2023 /

The feasibility study is the result of six months of extensive fieldwork and in-depth analysis by a team of over 30 experts in areas such as eco-tourism, geomorphology, ecology, planning and management of protected areas, sustainable financing of national parks, legislation, and social and environmental impact assessment.

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Next Webinar: Neretva Science Week Results

Jan 10, 2023 /

We invite you to join our next webinar on January 31st (6pm MET) to learn about the results of the 50 scientists that joined the Neretva Science Week in summer 2022 and how their science contributes to the protection of this highly intact river system.  Please REGISTER HERE to join this webinar. 

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Hydropower projects on Balkan Rivers: 2022 Update

Nov 02, 2022 /

Every two years, we analyse the situation of hydropower development in the Balkans. Since the last update of this kind in 2020, another 246 HPPs came into operation, leaving hundreds of kilometres of rivers and streams devastated. The good news: some positive signals have recently come from Bosnia and Hercegovina and Albania.

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"Freedom to the Rivers" concert on 11.11. in Banja Luka

Oct 31, 2022 /

The "Freedom to the Rivers" concert for the preservation of the rivers of the Balkans, featuring Partibrejkers and Darko Rundek & Team will take place on November 11, 20:00, in the Borik Sports Hall in Banja Luka. Free admission! The concert, which was postponed in September due to bad weather, is organized by Bosnian Blue Heart partner Center for the Environment within the framework of the campaign.

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