TIRANA, October 21/ATA/ Divjaka-Karavasta Park is one of the most valuable assets of natural resources, but also an ecotourism destination, which only in September had over 37 thousand visitors.
Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro wrote in the social media that the day of creation of Divjaka-Karavasta National Park was celebrated with a “green table”, full of collaborators and young people, who make their contribution with passion and continuous dedication for the environment and protected areas.
Divjaka-Karavasta National Park is a protected area in the coastal area of Albania, consisting of complex ecosystems, very rich in biodiversity and natural resources. It has also been declared as a natural protected area for waterfowl, as a wetland of international significance according to the Ramsar Convention, since 1995. By decision of the government in 2022, this park was expanded from 22,230.2 ha in 22 389.08 ha.
It stretches like a green arc on the side of the Adriatic Sea; it is located about 5 km away from the city of Divjaka and about 70 km from Tirana. It is bordered by the Shkumbin river in the north, by the Divjaka hills in the east, by the Myzeqe canal and the Seman river in the south, and is washed by the Adriatic Sea in the west.
Divjaka-Karavasta national park area hosts the highest concentration of waterfowl, about 51,000 individuals, and about 500 nesting pairs in Albania. 89 different species representing the groups of mollusks, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, present in the park area, are considered threatened in Albania. 42 species belong to highly endangered categories, including critically endangered and vulnerable. It is certainly the most important protected area along our coastal space, even among the most important on the shores of the Mediterranean. /j.p/p.s./
