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| Divjakë-Karavasta National Park | |
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 The official logo featuring the dalmatian pelican and stone pine in the background | |
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| Location | Fier and Tirana, Albania |
| Nearest city | |
| Coordinates | 40°59′29″N 19°29′58″E / 40.99139°N 19.49944°E |
| Area | 22,230.24 ha (222.3024 km2) |
| Designation | National park |
| Established | 19 October 2007 |
| Governing body | Agjencia Kombëtare e Zonave të Mbrojtura |
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar Divjakë-Karavasta) is a national park in western Albania established on 19 October 2007. Defined in a territory of 222.3 km2 (86 sq mi), the park extends across the plain of Myzeqe within the basin of the Mediterranean immediately along the Adriatic Sea. It comprises the lagoon of Karavasta, the estuaries of Seman and Shkumbin, and the region's diverse environment of floodplains, forests, woodlands, meadows, reed beds, salt marshes and wetlands.
Management[edit]
Responsibility of the Divjakë-Karavasta National Park belongs to the National Agency of Protected Areas, which is directorate operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment.[1] It was enlisted as a national park on 19 October 2007 by the government of Albania in order to protect and conserve the region's extraordinary ecosystems and habitats along with their faunal and floral communities.[2][3] In 1995, the Karavasta Lagoon was designated as a wetland of international importance under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention.[4] Despite these protections, BirdLife International and Plantlife have further listed the park as an important Bird and Plant Area of global significance, respectively.[5][6]
Geography[edit]
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park is located in the counties of Fier and Tirana in central Albania. It lies between latitudes 40° and 59° N and longitudes 19° and 29° E.[3] The park occupies 22,230.24 ha (222.3024 km2) and constitutes a substantial section of the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast on the southeastern shore of the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean Sea.[2][7][8]
Refrences[edit]
- ^ "Zonat e Mbrojtura" (in Albanian). Ministry of Environment of Albania. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 7 August 2020 suggested (help) - ^ a b "Fletorja Zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë Nr. 144, Datë. 30/10/2007" (in Albanian). Qendra e Botimeve Zyrtare (QBZ). 30 October 2007. pp. 36–39. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Zonat e mbrojtura detare e bregdetare në Shqipëri/ Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in Albania". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2015. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Karavasta Lagoon ecosystem". Ramsar Convention. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Karavasta Lagoon". BirdLife International. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ De Montmollin, Bertrand; Radford, Elizabeth A.; Catullo, Gianluca. "Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region Priority sites for conservation" (PDF). International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). pp. 75–79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Databazë e Burimeve Turistike–Qarku Fier" (PDF) (in Albanian). Ministria e Turizmit dhe Mjedisit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Databazë e Burimeve Turistike–Qarku Tiranë" (PDF) (in Albanian). Ministria e Turizmit dhe Mjedisit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2020.