Implementation of the UNDP-GEF Project ”Integrated Ecosystem Management in the Prespa Lakes Basin of Albania, FYR of Macedonia and Greece” has began in 2007, after several years of preparation, in a regional environment described as differences in capacity, commitment and national policy across borders, which are strong constraints, in addition to questions of national sovereignty and policies, barriers to free […]
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The Drin River Basin is located in the Western Balkans and it is shared between Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro. The total catchment area of the basin is around 19,600 km2 and including Black Drin which drains from Lake Ohrid and flows up north until it meets White Drin and flow together as Drin until they meet the Buna […]
The Balkan region is famous for its outstanding natural beauty and diversity, featuring coastal Mediterranean plains and alpine meadows, estuaries and deltas, rigid karst formations and open plains, vast lakes and many of the last wild rivers of Europe with a very high number of rare and endemic species. In particular the pristine river systems and natural lakes are […]