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Europe’s Last Wild Rivers and the Return of the Lynx
From the lynx-haunted forests of the Albanian Alps to the free-flowing Vjosa River and flamingo-filled Adriatic lagoons, Albania remains one of Europe’s last intact wilderness frontiers—raw, biodiverse, and still largely undiscovered. by Livia Brunga (Tirana) At dawn in the Munella mountains of northern Albania, frost clings to beech leaves and the forest holds its …