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Jonas Kako

Young boys hang out on an old bridge near Fitore in the Vjosa delta.

Petrit Canaj on his fields near the village of Kuta. If a Dam is constructed in Pocem, most of his land will be flooded.

Ani Zekaj and Miri Merkaj milk sheep near Kuta. A dam means they would loose their livelihood, due to flooding of the grazing fields.

A soccer tournament at the school in Kuta. If a dam is built in Pocem, the village Kuta will be on the edge of the artificial lake that will flood local farm fields.

Dona Tabacu owns a small eco-camping business with her husband, Robert, near Permet. She is an activist against the dam construction.

Robert Tabacu is a hiking guide and rafting tour operator. In the evening he often goes fishing with his traditional cast-net. If dams are constructed along the Vjosa, he fears that fewer tourists will come to the region.

A stalled dam project in Kalivac.

Philippe Theou, a biologist from France, and Marta Crivellaro from Italy examine the size and form of rocks in the riverbed near Permet.

Miri Merkaj, 18, is a young shepherd from Kuta, Albania. If a dam is built in Pocem, his family will lose all their land to an artificial lake created in the valley.

A hydropower plant sits in the river bed of the Langarica River, a tributary to the Vjosa.