Historical Organization
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Organization Timeline
“Vjosa – No Dams”: river communities demand a national park
đź“… 18 May 2016Around 150 residents, kayakers, artists, environmentalists and public representatives gathered at Qesarat on the Vjosa to oppose planned hydropower dams and call for national-park protection. The...
Communities unite in Tirana against hydropower concessions
📅 6 July 2019Residents from river communities across Albania gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office under the call “No HEC in our rivers.” The action joined local struggles over drinking water, farmland, and...
Zall-Gjoçaj residents plan continued resistance with EcoAlbania
đź“… 23 January 2020Residents from four Mat villages met in Kamza with EcoAlbania to discuss opposition to two hydropower projects inside the protected area. Residents described a resistance tent at the planned water...
Environmental coalition challenges the Vlora Airport plan
📅 9 February 2021A coalition of 16 Albanian and regional environmental organizations challenged government plans for an international airport inside the Vjosa–Narta protected landscape. They argued the decision lacked...
Vjosa designated a national park after a decade-long campaign
đź“… 15 March 2023Albania declared the Vjosa a national park, following years of organizing by river communities, Albanian scientists and environmental groups against dam construction and for free-flowing river...
Shushica residents hold a fourth protest against the Himara aqueduct
đź“… 16 December 2023Residents of the Shushica valley protested for the fourth time against a water-supply project that would divert water from the LĂ«pusha source toward Himara. They said they had not been consulted and...
Shushica Valley mobilizes against water diversion
📅 24 February 2024Twelve mayors, residents, activists, lawyers, and scientists gathered in Kuç to oppose plans to divert Shushica water to Himara. The project was promoted as tourism infrastructure, while residents...
Shushica community delivers a pipe-petition to the Prime Minister
📅 25 May 2024Residents brought a symbolic pipe bearing more than 3,000 signatures to Tirana and protested outside the Prime Minister’s Office against the Himara aqueduct. The pipe represented the proposed...
Shushica residents and Balkan activists form a human chain at Brataj Bridge
📅 12 July 2024Residents of the Shushica Valley joined the Brave Women of Kruščica from Bosnia and Herzegovina in a symbolic human chain across the river. The cross-border solidarity action opposed a water...