At the last government meeting, the agreement for Albania's membership in the IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature was discussed, which will then be submitted to the Parliament.
The news was made public during a media statement by the Minister of Tourism and Environment, Mirela Kumbaro, who stated that "For the first time, Albania becomes a member as a state, which gives it fuller rights within the organization, but especially ensures us the exchange both in the decision-making of this organization at the global level and the opportunity to exchange better experiences in what we have already set as a priority: sustainable development in environmental protection, the protection of Protected Areas and their return not only to ecosystem values, but especially also to natural tourist destinations that provide us with an extension of the tourist season beyond the summer one, but also an extension in the territory."
According to Minister Kumbaro, this is a commitment to a higher level of promises and work of the Albanian government in what it has considered a priority: the environment and protected areas. In this context, she brought to attention the work to declare Vjosa a National Park, which is already in the second phase of work on the management plan for the area.
The Minister of Tourism and Environment emphasized that all these promises go parallel to Albania's commitments in the international climate change plan, underlining that Albania will participate in the COP28 climate change leaders' summit, which will be held on December 1 in Dubai.
