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The process to include the Vjosa river in the UNESCO world heritage begins

2023-02-17 21:28:35Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The process to include the Vjosa river in the UNESCO world heritage begins
Vjosa River

The Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, during her first official visit to Albania, discussed with the Albanian environmental authorities the plans for the inclusion of the Vjosa River in the list of world assets.

During statements to journalists in Gjirokastër, Mrs. Azule said that UNESCO's mission also deals with the protection of natural heritage.

"It is a very important dimension of my visit and the mission of UNESCO, not only to protect the cultural heritage, but also the natural heritage, as the two are connected. I am happy for the announcement of the project by the Albanian government to protect the Vjosa, this wild river of Europe as a National Park. I think this is very important and it is exactly the direction we should follow for the sustainable development of the Vjosa Basin", said Mrs. Azoulay.

While the Minister of Environment and Tourism Mirela Kumbaro spoke concretely about the start of the process with the leaders of UNESCO.

"UNESCO is increasingly paying attention to natural assets that are closely related to cultural heritage. UNESCO has shown interest and we have started discussions with the Director General and this is the reason for her visit to Albania, to start a process of registering Vjosa as a Biosphere, as an international Biosphere together with the area in Greece which a part crosses of Vjosa".

Mrs. Kumbaro mentioned the steps that are being taken at the national level to increase the protection status of Vjosa from a Natural Park to a National Park, while a cross-border cooperation with Greece has also started, since about 70 kilometers of the length of this river lies in Greek territory .

While the Albanian authorities are making efforts to include in the UNESCO list as a new natural asset, concern has increased for the area of ​​Lake Ohrid.

Lake Ohrid was included in the World Heritage List protected by UNESCO for the Albanian part four years ago, while for the Macedonian part earlier.

In the reports of the UNESCO monitoring mission, it has been estimated that both the Albanian and Macedonian sides are showing negative impacts on Lake Ohrid from the discharge of sewage, mining waste, urban waste, inappropriate human interventions and growth of urbanization along the lake shore in both countries.

Both the Albanian and Macedonian authorities have faced criticism for the few measures taken to protect the area./ VOA


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