The River Vjosa – A Baseline Survey on Biodiversity, Potential Impacts and Legal Framework for Hydropower Development

• Main Authors: Meulenbroek, Paul, Egger, Gregory, Trautner, Jürgen, Drescher, Anton, Randl, Marlene, Hammerschmied, Urban, Wilfling, Olivia, Schabuss, Michael, Horst, Zornig, Graf, Wolfram
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Balkans rivers; EU-regulations; Hydropower; Red list; Habitat directive; Albania; Canada; Eia; McCarthy; Baxter; McMahon; Bain; Ingeborg; Olden; Vella; Figueroa; Carvajal; Antonelli; Pucher; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4139640; https://zenodo.org/record/4139640

This report summarizes the value of the river Vjosa system as one of the few remaining reference sites for dynamic floodplains in Europe . The morphological floodplain of the Vjosa is characterized by an exceptionally high near-nature status, hence representing an extreme rare reference site for med...