# @rewild on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZdIDB3iW_g
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66505254-rewild-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-11T18:07:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Re:wild (@rewild) — https://gondola.cc/rewild

## Caption

🦩 Across Albania, thousands of people have taken to the streets carrying pink flamingos — a symbol of resistance. Protesters in the Flamingo Revolution are opposing proposed luxury development on Sazan Island. This Mediterranean coastline is one of the region’s last relatively untouched coastal landscapes — a vital refuge for Dalmatian Pelican, Greater Flamingo, nesting sea turtles, and the Critically Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal.

The destruction is taking place within the Vjosa–Narte Protected Landscape, part of the delta of the Vjosa, one of Europe’s last wild rivers. In 2023, Re:wild supported local efforts in Albania to protect the  Vjosa River from small hydropower dams and make it Europe’s first wild river national park. The designation protected the 168-mile waterway, but now where the river meets the Mediterranean Sea is at risk.

Demonstrators and European environmental organizations say the slated project threatens some of the continent’s most important coastal ecosystems while raising broader concerns about transparency, public participation, and who gets a voice in shaping the future of these landscapes.

Around the world, communities are reminding us that conservation isn’t separate from people. Protecting wild places often begins with local voices speaking up for the ecosystems they know and love.

Wild places are more than empty spaces waiting for development. They are living systems — rich with history, culture, and biodiversity — that deserve thoughtful stewardship.

The choices we make today will shape what remains for future generations.

Image credit: joshua.d.lim
Video credit: Science Vision
#handsoffvjosanarta #SaveZvernec #VjosaNarta #Albania #SaveTheBlueHeartOfEurope

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