Today, on the International Day for Biological Diversity, Prime Minister Rama spoke about the government’s work to protect biodiversity in the Karavasta Lagoon.
On this International Day for Biological Diversity, this natural miracle of ours, which until three and a half years ago was endangered by the destruction and the massacre of 25 years, is one of the strongest examples of our determination in state making. We did not only save this treasury but turned it into an extraordinary asset for the local and national economy.
In fact, despite Prime Minister Rama’s claims, his government is thinking of building a resort of extraordinary proportions in this paradise that accommodates the largest concentration of bird species in Albania, where 89 species risk going extinct should the plan proceed.
Three years ago, when the new Albanian government had just won a 4-year term, Mabetex did not lose time to present its project: building a large resort that would irreversibly destroy 1170 hectares of land.
International environmental organizations, Albanian environmental organizations, as well as ordinary citizens, who are trying to stop the destruction of the Lagoon by clientelist builders, have expressed their concern and objection against this project..
In addition to the direct impact on biodiversity destruction, the construction of the site within the park violates the law on protected areas.
Permitting the construction of such a complex will open the way for the destruction of other national parks in the country, as for any investor in the field of tourism, the most sought-after sites are precisely the protected areas.
