What will it take the save the world’s rivers? Experts say we need only look to the Vjosa River in Albania for a model of conservation.
Albania’s Vjosa River recently became the world’s first “wild-river national park,” a status that bans dams or mining, but allows tourism. Now, conservationists are turning their attention to other rivers in the world that could be granted the same status.
Photograph by Jonas Kako
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