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The following is a list of ecoregions in Albania defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Balkan mixed forests (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Kosovo and Turkey)
The territory of Albania is populated by two important species of freshwater turtles such as the European pond turtle and the Balkan pond turtle. [80] One of the best-known turtles of Albania is the Hermann's tortoise which is relatively abundant throughout the country. Lizards are also found in the country.
Network of protected areas in Albania (2020) [1] Despite being a relatively small country, Albania is exceedingly rich in biodiversity.Its ecosystems and habitats support over 5,550 species of vascular and non-vascular plants and more than 15,600 species of coniferous and non-coniferous evergreens, most of which are threatened at global and European levels.
The Valbonë Valley National Park in northern Albania. The environment of Albania is characterised by unique flora and fauna and a variety of landforms contained within a small nation. It also consists of different ecoregions, which represent the natural geographical ecosystem, water systems, weather, renewable resources and influences upon them.
Albania's climate action is guided by its National Adaptation Planning and its Third National Communication. The country is dedicated to creating a long-term strategy for low-carbon development and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. [7] Albania has pledged a 20.9% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030. [8]
A former Albanian environment minister, seven other officials and four businessmen were sentenced Monday to prison terms in connection with bribery over a contract to build an incinerator in ...
Albania's government has granted strategic investor status to a company linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner to build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Mediterranean island that was ...
Tulipa albanica, a newly discovered species from northeastern Albania, boasts vibrant yellow and scarlet flowers, distinct for their absence of a black basal blotch on the perianth segments. This tulip's habitat in serpentine areas alongside rare endemic species adds to its uniqueness and ecological significance in Albania.