Divjaka-Karavasta National Park

Parku Kombëtar Divjaka-Karavasta
	Observation tower at the visitor center
Location:	Albania
Specialty:	Pine forest, lagoon
Next city:	Divjaka , Lushnja
Surface:	222,302 km²
Length:	22 km
Founding:	1994
	Dune funnel daffodil on a salt marsh by the sea in Divjaka
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The Divjaka-Karavasta National Park ( Albanian Parku Kombëtar Divjakë-Karavasta ) is a national park in western Albania directly on the Adriatic Sea between the Shkumbin rivers in the north and Seman in the south. The town of Divjaka is located a little to the east at the entrance to the park , while the towns of Rrogozhina and Lushnja are only a few kilometers away. Since 1994, the reserve has covered a total of 222,302 square kilometers of the Karavasta lagoon and the surrounding pine forests . It is guarded and fenced.

flora

In the up to one and a half kilometer wide forest strip along the coast there are trees that are more than 400 years old. The trees threatened by forest fires are repeatedly reforested .

Lagoon and canal

fauna

The national park is an important refuge for some rare water birds , especially as a wintering area for migratory birds , but also some land predators such as B .:

Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga; Albanian : Shqipja e stepave)
Steppe harrier (Circus macrourus; Albanian: Shqiponja e madhe e rosave)
Red-winged curlew (Glareola pratincola; Albanian: Dallëndyshe deti)
White- tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla; Albanian: Shqiponja e detit)
Otter (Lutra lutra; Albanian: Lundra)
White-headed Ruddy Duck (Oxyura leucocephala; Albanian: Shqiponja e madhe e rosave)
Dalmatian pelican (Pelicanus crispus; Albanian: Pelikani kaçurrel)
Dwarf shark (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus; Albanian: Karabullaku i vogël)
Great horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum; Albanian: Lakuriqi i natës hundpatkua i madh)
Little tern (Sterna albifrons; Albanian: Dallëndyshe deti ballëbardhë)
Greek tortoise (Testudo hermanni; Albanian: Breshka e zakonshme)

The park is home to five percent of the world's Dalmatian pelican population . The Karavasta Lagoon has been an internationally protected Ramsar area and national park since 1994 .

Controversial resort blueprints

In 2017, the Mabetex Group , based in Lugano, and Behgjet Pacolli as owners, published plans for a tourism resort in part of the national park. According to this, the facility will be 3342 hectares and include 370 villas, 2350 apartments, a marina, swimming pools and an artificial island. However, various environmental organizations in Albania criticized the plans and on April 26, 2017 they received support from the international Mediterranean Wetlands Alliance , which consists of 20 environmental associations, including WWF . They called on the Albanian government to cancel the project as it endangered the national park's ecosystem. The Albanian online newspaper Exit.al pointed out that the plans violate the Albanian law on protected areas.

Web links

Commons : Divjaka-Karavasta National Park - Collection of images

Description of the park on the site of the National Agency for Protected Areas (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Rrjeti i Zonave të në Mbrojtura Shqipëri. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Ministry of the Environment, archived from the original on September 5, 2017 ; Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b Divjaka Albania - A Resort Set In A National Park. In: Mabetex.eu. Retrieved October 9, 2017 (Albanian).
↑ Parku i Karavastasë, resorti turistik do të ketë 370 vila dhe 2350 apartamente. In: Exit.al. May 16, 2017, Retrieved October 9, 2017 (Albanian).
↑ ^a ^b Karavasta, organizatat mjedisore evropiane kundër ndërtimit të resortit turistik. In: Exit.al. May 4, 2017, Retrieved October 9, 2017 (Albanian).
^ Object: Future of Divjaka-Karavasta National Park. In: Letter from the Mediterranean Wetlands Alliance for the attention of Exit.al. April 26, 2017, accessed on October 9, 2017 (English, PDF file, 133 kB).

[1] Rrjeti i Zonave të në Mbrojtura Shqipëri. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Ministry of the Environment, archived from the original on September 5, 2017 ; Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[mabetex-2] Divjaka Albania - A Resort Set In A National Park. In: Mabetex.eu. Retrieved October 9, 2017 (Albanian).

[3] Parku i Karavastasë, resorti turistik do të ketë 370 vila dhe 2350 apartamente. In: Exit.al. May 16, 2017, Retrieved October 9, 2017 (Albanian).

[exit.al-4] Karavasta, organizatat mjedisore evropiane kundër ndërtimit të resortit turistik. In: Exit.al. May 4, 2017, Retrieved October 9, 2017 (Albanian).

[5] Object: Future of Divjaka-Karavasta National Park. In: Letter from the Mediterranean Wetlands Alliance for the attention of Exit.al. April 26, 2017, accessed on October 9, 2017 (English, PDF file, 133 kB).