Aerial view of a beautiful Vjosa river, near Earcove, Nemercka mountains, Gjirokastra district, Albania Matjaz Corel/Alamy
LAST month, I spent a few days in Albania to attend a conservation milestone, the declaration of Europe’s first Wild River National Park. The river Vjosa, which rises in Greece and flows through Albania into the Adriatic, is Europe’s last great free-flowing river, meaning it is uninhibited by dams or artificial banks from source to sea.
I went because I have been writing a series of articles on the shocking state of the UK’s rivers.…
