Vjosa, Europe's Last Wild River - A Riverwalker Story

12 day trip with two inflatable kayaks in Albania to paddle Europe's last free wild river the Vjosa in April 2019. As mentioned in the Video the Vjosa (and many other beautiful rivers on the Balkan) are highly threatend by hydropower plants. Organisations like Riverwatch (https://riverwatch.eu/en/balkanrivers/background), EuroNatur (https://www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-do/campaigns-and-initiatives/save-the-blue-heart-of-europe/what-is-the-blue-heart/) and others fight for free rivers on the Balkan. Just take a look if you got curious. You can also help to protect these rivers if you just go there and paddle and therefore show locals that ecotourism is also an option. If you like to paddle the Vjosa, Steve Flusswanderer, Travelkai and me put together a description of the Vjosa (https://www.flusswandern.at/vjosa/) even the upper part which I did not paddle in this film (if you need any translation just let me know). But you don't need to spend money to help to protect these rivers. Just talk to people and show them the dark side of the hydropower. Many of those hydropower plants are not conform with EU law and it's really questionable to build more hydropower plants in Albania given that they already produce their whole electricity just from hydropower. It's even dangerous to just rely on a single energy source. It is expected that the water amount on the Balkan will decrease over the next decades due to clima change and therefore hydropower plants will be much less efficient. For Albania it would be better to invest in other renewable energy sources like solar power. I really hope that we can save the Vjosa and other great rivers on the Balkan for future generations!

Travel report (german): https://www.docdroid.net/szXyPdm/vjosa-pdf

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